Today's Photos - The Daily Iowan

Today's Photos

BY DI PHOTOSTAFF | JULY 30, 2009 7:30 AM

David Scrivner/The Daily Iowan
Mark Vanzuiden, the district sales manager of Allied Waste, shovels garbage from an alley next to Center Stone Apartments on Dubuque Street on Wednesday. A hot grill set the garbage on fire while the trash was being dumped into the truck, and the waste was emptied into the alley so firefighters could extinguish it.

David Scrivner/The Daily Iowan
New equipment sits in the Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ laboratory at the BioVentures Center on Wednesday. Scientists will take advantage of new equipment and office rooms while developing Telaprevir, a hepatitis C protease inhibitor, before it is submitted for approval by the Food and Drug Administration.

David Scrivner/The Daily Iowan
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Vice President of Research Mark Namchuk (front) and Jordan Cohen, the UI interim vice president for Research, look at equipment in the new laboratory for Vertex at the BioVentures Center on Wednesday. The new laboratory will help Vertex’s Iowa-based scientists in their research focusing on the treatment of hepatitis C.

Whitney Wright/The Daily Iowan
Dmitri Petrov practices his kicks during a Muay Thai class at S.T.R.I.K.E. Martial Arts Studio in Coralville on July 23.

Whitney Wright/The Daily Iowan
Monfasir Mohammed kicks to stretch out his legs during a Muay Thai class at S.T.R.I.K.E. Martial Arts Studio in Coralville on July 23.