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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

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Unprecedented economic conditions loom over UI graduates as they enter workforce

Annie Fitzpatrick and Lauren White May 10, 2020

COVID-19 has changed the job search for several University of Iowa seniors as they enter the workforce while facing the greatest low point for the U.S. economy since the Great Depression. UI senior...

The College of Public Health is seen on March 11, 2019.

First class of UI public-health graduates will enter a workforce on the frontlines of pandemic response

Rin Swann, News Reporter May 10, 2020

The irony of graduating with a public-health degree during the COVID-19 public-health crisis isn’t lost on University of Iowa senior Olivia Teach — and that’s especially the case for the undergraduate...

All graduating seniors that participated in the Rainbow Graduation pose after the event on Tue. May 8, 2018 held in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber. The Rainbow Graduation allows LGBTQ students to celebrate their graduation as a group.

UI multicultural, diversity centers explore new ways to celebrate graduating seniors amid COVID-19

Mary Hartel, News Reporter May 10, 2020

Campus coordinators are using social-media spotlights, mailed gifts, and video celebrations to highlight 2020 graduates among various identity-based University of Iowa communities after the UI canceled...

A Herky statue with a "PHIL Was Here" sash stands on the Pentacrest on Monday, April 24. Beginning in 2012, the UI launched PHIL Was Here to celebrate philanthropy at the university.

Hawkeyes to celebrate graduation with unprecedented virtual commencement

Lauren White, News Reporter May 10, 2020

  Around 5,400 University of Iowa graduates won’t walk across a stage to be handed a diploma in front of hundreds of graduates’ friends and family members this weekend. Instead, more than...

A police car sits inside the a parking garage on May 4, 2015. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Suspect wanted for questioning about Iowa City homicide arrested

Kayli Reese, Cops & Courts Editor May 8, 2020

The man Iowa City police have wanted for questioning regarding the April 20 Iowa City homicide has been arrested. According to a release from the City of Iowa City, Iowa City police received word...

The Asian Pacific American Cultural Center is seen on Thursday, April 30, 2020.

Asian Pacific Islander communities discuss discrimination within communities due to COVID-19

Marissa Smith, News Reporter May 6, 2020

Gordon Louie, a third-year Ph.D. student at the University of Iowa studying higher-education student affairs, wonders each day about his family in Las Vegas, who he hasn't been able to see in recent...

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University of Iowa molecular genetics researcher studying COVID-19 testing methods to alleviate test shortages

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter May 6, 2020

University of Iowa Molecular Genetics Chair in the Carver College of Medicine Val Sheffield has made research breakthroughs in linking gene research and was recently named to a prestigious American...

Iowa catcher Austin Martin watches the pitch during a baseball game between Iowa and Grand View at Duane Banks Field on March 3, 2020. The Hawkeyes defeated the Vikings 15-2.

Hawkeye baseball overcomes practice challenges

Pete Ruden, Pregame Editor May 6, 2020

When its season was canceled in March, a lot of things were unexpectedly throw at the Iowa baseball program. It was something that had never happened to the team before, so it had to figure out...

UI President Bruce Harreld answers questions during an interview with The Daily Iowan in the Adler Journalism Building on Monday, December 9, 2019. (Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan)

‘We’re preparing for everything,’ University of Iowa president says of plans to resume campus operations

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter May 6, 2020

University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld said in an interview with The Daily Iowan Wednesday that the university is considering several potential solutions to address how to safely resume campus...

In this diptych, Co-owner of Dandy Lion Lindsay Chastain (far left), Owner of D.P Dough Jon Sewell (center), Owner of JiangHu Asian Street Food Yi Zheng (top right) and Owner of Honeybee Hair Parlor JoAnn Larpenter-Sinclair (bottom right) pose for portraits.

Playing the waiting game: local businesses await financial relief from loans

Brooklyn Draisey, Managing Editor May 5, 2020

Honeybee Hair Parlor owner JoAnn Larpenter-Sinclair said her stylists have been lucky to receive unemployment benefits, but she’s worried about potentially jeopardizing that with the $27,500 Small...

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Johnson County parks seeing heavy visitor traffic, officials encouraging physical distancing

Sarah Watson, Managing Editor May 5, 2020

Although Tuesday's skies remained gray and rainy, Johnson County parks officials are encouraging residents to remain at six feet apart while outdoors as temperatures warm into the summer and the parks...

Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during the Condition of the State address at the Iowa State Capitol on Tuesday, January 14, 2020.

Gov. Kim Reynolds says facility outbreaks are not indicative of community spread

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor May 5, 2020

During Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Tuesday press conference, she attributed a rise in COVID-19 cases to an increase in testing, and said facility outbreaks are not indicative of a community spread. “We’re...