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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...

Former Hillel director David Weltman and his attorney Christopher Foster listen to the state’s closing argument during the third and final day of trial on Thursday, 5, 2020, at the Johnson County Courthouse. Weltman was convicted of second-degree sexual abuse, a Class B felony. (Emily Wangen/The Daily Iowan)

Seperate hearing date set to discuss a new trial on sexual abuse charges for former Iowa Hillel director

Kayli Reese, Cops & Courts Editor May 5, 2020

A separate date to discuss a new trial for David Weltman — the former Iowa Hillel director who was convicted of sexually abusing a minor during Hebrew lessons in 2019 — has been set. The hearing...

Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during the Condition of the State address at the Iowa State Capitol on Jan. 14.

Gov Kim Reynolds on Iowa’s response plan to COVID-19: ‘This isn’t political’

Lauren White, News Reporter May 4, 2020

Gov. Kim Reynolds rejected the notion that the state’s COVID-19 response has been based on political decisions, despite many Iowa Democrats disagreeing with Reynolds’ decision to not issue a shelter-in-place...

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

Arrest made in Iowa City homicide case

Kayli Reese, Cops & Courts Editor May 4, 2020

An arrest has been made in the homicide case of Iowa City resident Kejuan Winters, who died April 20 from gunshot wounds. Durojaiye Antonio Rosa, 22, 1960 Broadway St., was charged Monday with first-degree...

Big Ten Conference Commissioner Kevin Warren addresses reporters regarding the cancellation of the 2020 Big Ten men's basketball tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, on Thursday, March 12, 2020.

Big Ten extends suspension of all organized team activities through June 1

Robert Read, Sports Editor May 4, 2020

The Big Ten Conference announced Monday that it has extended the previously announced suspension of all organized team activities through June 1, 2020, and will re-evaluate at that time. Sports...

The University of Iowa Study abroad office is seen on Monday, October 21st, 2019.

Fate of fall study abroad remains uncertain

Mary Hartel, News Reporter May 3, 2020

Following the early end to spring study-abroad programs as an immediate ripple effect of the COVID-19 pandemic — the University of Iowa brought students home early in the semester and canceled all...

Kent State University has canceled plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the May 4, 1970, shootings.

‘It was horrifying’: Revisiting the Kent State shooting’s impact on the UI campus 50 years later

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter May 3, 2020

When Willard “Sandy” Boyd became University of Iowa president in 1969, he never expected to receive the news a year later that students just a few states over had been killed on a college campus. A...