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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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(File Photo) The Iowa City School District sign is seen off of North Dodge Street on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. School start times have been adjusted over the past two years in the district. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds closes K-12 schools for the rest of the academic year

Sarah Watson, Managing Editor April 17, 2020

All K-12 schools will be closed for the remainder of the school year, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, announced Friday to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. Schools were previously scheduled to reopen...

Nurse manager and paramedic Kim Lopez poses for a photo in Mercy on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

First responders, frontline workers find life has shifted a month since COVID-19 cases first reported in Iowa

Rin Swann, News Reporter April 16, 2020

Health-care worker Kim Lopez brings chocolate-chip bars and spaghetti to work for her staff — the latest commodities in a snack delivery she tries to do weekly. Lopez, nurse manager of the Mercy...

Steam swirls around the UI Power Plant on the evening of Monday, Jan. 14, 2019.

UI preparing to open up grant process to allocate funds from utility system public/private partnership

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter April 16, 2020

The University of Iowa will announce a timeline for a campus-wide initiative of proposals to support the university’s public/private partnership with a private entity to operate and maintain its...

Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz walks to a huddle during a game against Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, November 9, 2019. The Hawkeyes were defeated by the Badgers 24-22. Iowa will stay at 3rd place in the Big Ten west.

Ferentz discusses the return of football season

Pete Ruden, Pregame Editor April 15, 2020

Iowa football head coach Kirk Ferentz hasn't been without spring football since 1979. But that's where he finds himself now with the 2020 football season in question. Instead, Ferentz has been caught...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seen on Sept. 17, 2018.

UI Health Care begins convalescent plasma clinical trial for COVID-19 patients

Kelsey Harrell, News Reporter April 15, 2020

University of Iowa Health Care has begun conducting a convalescent plasma clinical trial to determine if plasma from recovered novel-coronavirus patients would help those currently hospitalized with the...

Fact Check | Iowa had a strong job market and low unemployment before coronavirus

Fact Check | Iowa had a strong job market and low unemployment before coronavirus

Caleb McCullough, Assistant Politics Editor April 15, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Lyle Muller and Marissa Payne In case...

The University Counseling Services office is seen in the Old Capital Mall on Monday, February 17, 2020.

UI to host mental health online panel for student support during COVID-19

Naomi Hofferber, Arts & Culture Reporter April 15, 2020

The University of Iowa has announced it will host a mental health virtual panel, “Coping and Resources in the Time of COVID-19,” as part of its efforts to provide mental health services to Hawkeyes...

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

Iowa director of human services says domestic violence reports are decreasing, but the violence is not

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor April 15, 2020

The director of the Iowa Department of Human Services said during Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Wednesday press conference that reports of domestic violence have dropped now that children and families are not interacting...

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden wave during the watch party for Former Vice President Joe Biden at the Olmstead Center at Drake University on Monday, February 3, 2020. Hundreds of people attended the event to hear Biden speak on the results of the caucus.

County conventions move to absentee format

Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter April 14, 2020

As rules around social distancing make hosting crowded conventions impossible, Iowa’s Democrats are choosing who will represent the party at the Democratic National Convention through an absentee...

Iowa's public universities' future funding uncertain as coronavirus strains state economy

Iowa’s public universities’ future funding uncertain as coronavirus strains state economy

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief April 14, 2020

The funding outlook for Iowa’s public universities remains unclear as the novel coronavirus strains the U.S. economy and state officials face fiscal uncertainty. President Trump passed the $2.2...

Photo illustration by Hayden Froehlich

How the UI moved to virtual instruction in a matter of weeks

Lauren White, News Reporter April 14, 2020

The University of Iowa made the quick transition to virtual instruction in a matter of weeks to protect Hawkeyes from the spread of the novel coronavirus — a move that campus technology staff have...

The Johnson County Health and Human Services building at 855 South Dubuque Street.

Johnson County scales up COVID-19 contact tracing staff in public health department as Iowa’s cases steadily increase

Sarah Watson, Managing Editor April 14, 2020

Johnson County Public Health has expanded its disease-investigation staff to conduct contact tracing of coronavirus cases in anticipation of an increase in cases. The department now has four individuals...