The Daily Iowan THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ INSIDE UI pushes fall withdraw deadline, COVID-19 cases top 1,000 The University of Iowa pushed back its tuition timetable as coronavirus cases continue to rise. BY SARAH WATSON recorded 220 new positive With an updated time- delay comes "in order to Iowan previously reported. part in an on-campus or 3
[email protected] self-reported COVID-19 line, students now have provide greater flexibility The UI also announced in-person ceremony in the cases, bringing the se- until Sept. 27 to withdraw to students, and families," that December commence- future." The University of Io- mester total to 1,142 posi- without being responsible university administrators ment ceremonies will be "We know how much wa will push back its fall tive or presumed positive for 100 percent of tuition, wrote in the email. virtual this year. The UI these ceremonies mean to deadline to withdraw from COVID-19 cases among a week after the previous Twenty four students sent commencement cer- our students and their fam- classes without a tuition re- students. Since the UI be- deadline of Sept. 20. Stu- are quarantined in resi- emonies virtual for Spring ilies," the email stated. "And fund by one week as self-re- gan recording self-reported dents would be responsible dence halls, and 78 students 2020 graduates. For those while December seems a ported COVID-19 cases on COVID-19 cases Aug. 18, 16 for 25 percent of tuition are self-isolating, the UI re- planning on attending long way off, we feel it is the campus top 1,000, accord- UI employees self-report- through Sept.