One University of Iowa student’s day in quarantine
Caitlin Crome, News Reporter
September 7, 2020
Life in quarantine spaces in the University of Iowa residence halls are making some students feel afraid and frustrated as the UI grapples with how to handle the campus-wide COVID-19 outbreak. The UI decided to put an on-campus quarantine option in place for students who test positive for COVID...
University of Iowa student organizations find different ways to practice their faith, build community
Mary Hartel, News Reporter
September 7, 2020
With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise across campus, faith-based student groups and organizations at the University of Iowa are adapting to new university guidelines for the fall semester. As a first-year student entering the UI, Kennedy Albertson said she was looking to get involved with a com...
Students advocate for in-person education amidst calls for all-remote learning
Clinton Garlock, News Reporter
September 7, 2020
With under a quarter of University of Iowa courses in-person this semester, many UI students are balancing a hybrid course load, regardless of preference or internet accessibility, causing some students to advocate for in-person instruction. The UI administration has touted its model’s leave...
Deaf, hard of hearing students with new communication challenges due to COVID-19
Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter
September 3, 2020
When returning to campus this fall, University of Iowa students with hearing disabilities are facing a separate set of challenges as they continue their education — a struggle that other students do not have to deal with. UI American Sign Language Lecturer Bob “Vizz” Vizzini wrote in an...
Students headed home from the UI may risk spreading COVID-19 to family members
Rylee Wilson, News Editor
September 3, 2020
As Labor Day weekend approaches, University of Iowa epidemiologists are warning about the risk of Iowa City residents bringing COVID-19 to other areas of the state and country. Jorge Salinas, head of epidemiology at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, told reporters on Thursday that UI st...
Faculty say University of Iowa unprepared in COVID-19 response
Claire Benson, News Reporter
September 2, 2020
University of Iowa professors and instructors are questioning the university’s preparedness and response to COVID-19 as case counts have passed 1,000 on campus since students arrived. Adjunct assistant professor in Asian history David Tucker said professors receive an email from the Dean of St...
Students, instructors, pick up the phone to call in sick, demand virtual learning
Natalie Dunlap, News Reporter
September 2, 2020
For hundreds of students at the University of Iowa, yesterday was a sick day. A coalition of undergraduate students, graduate students, instructors, faculty, and staff encouraged students and faculty at the UI to call in sick for classes on Sept. 2 and to demand all classes go virtual. According to an...
STD tracing in Iowa disrupted as COVID-19 cases rise
Sabine Martin, News Reporter
September 2, 2020
Shannon Wood normally traces STD cases in Iowa, but the specialist in the Iowa Department of Public Health’s Sexually Transmitted Disease Program has changed tactics. From April through August, she’s had to focus her expertise to trace another disease: COVID-19. Wood said the department has h...
University of Iowa researchers use implant to induce bone regeneration in diabetic patients
Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter
September 2, 2020
Researchers at the University of Iowa are developing an implant that helps induce bone formation in patients with diabetes. Aliasger Salem, UI College of Pharmacy Bighley Chair, is using a multi-functional implant composed of insulin, Vitamin D3, bone morphogenetic protein 2, and fibroblast growt...
Sickout organizers advocate for online classes, provost urges faculty to stay in class
Natalie Dunlap, News Reporter
September 1, 2020
“Call in sick so we don’t get sick.” That’s what organizers of the Sept. 2 sickout are asking of University of Iowa students and faculty, with the hopes of getting the UI to move all classes online. An anonymous group of undergraduate students, graduate students, instructors, facul...
University of Iowa Faculty Council discusses ‘sick-out’ to be held on Wednesday
Sabine Martin, News Reporter
September 2, 2020
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Iowa, tensions are rising between the University of Iowa administration and faculty members. On Wednesday, Sept. 2, UI faculty and students are planning to “call in sick” due to high rates of COVID-19 in Iowa and on campus. The “UIowa Sickout” socia...
UI Faculty Council discusses need to recruit and retain underrepresented faculty and staff
Alexandra Skores, Managing Editor
September 2, 2020
The University of Iowa Faculty Council discussed concerns for recruiting and retaining diverse faculty members. The conversation comes after the departure of many Hawkeye leaders over the last year who had led the UI’s diversity efforts. Interim Associate Vice President for Diversity, Equit...