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BY ALEXANDRA SKORES AND MARISSA PAYNE [email protected] 8 The University of Iowa Faculty Council on Tuesday discussed how to structure the task force responsible for allocating the proceeds from the UI’s utility system public/private partnership — an agree- ment with a private entity that is expected to generate $3 billion in a new endowment over the course of the 50-year deal. Faculty present at Tuesday’s meeting raised questions about how the resource-allocation model would be structured in a way that ensures those resources would be equitably distributed among the colleges. “The true goal of this is that the good ideas do not emanate only Comfortable at Carver from Jessup Hall or from the dean's o�fi ce,” Vice President for Ex- Carver-Hawkeye Arena has been ternal Relations Peter Matthes said during a presentation about home to Iowa wrestling since 1983. the proposed model. “In fact, they rarely do — especially from Jes- Wyatt Dlouhy/The Daily Iowan After moving from the University of sup Hall — so we need to fi nd a way to get those out into the rest of Faculty Council gathers for a meeting with Vice President for External Relations Peter Matthes as a speaker in Iowa Field House, the Hawkeyes won the University Capitol Center on Tuesday. Matthes discussed the UI’s proposed process for allocating resources 16 national championships and have SEE P3, 2 from the recently approved utility system public/private partnership. recorded 21 undefeated seasons. The DI wants your Iowa caucus questions The Daily Iowan politics podcast, The Cloakroom, will answer submit- ted questions about the caucuses. University monitoring coronavirus outbreak Go to dailyiowan.com/ caucuses-questions to ask questions about the Following the outbreak of the virus in Wuhan, China, the University of Iowa is tracking state and Iowa caucuses. federal health officials’ recommendations for maintaining safety in the campus community. BY RIN SWANN local cases of coronavirus thus far. since continued to monitor reports virus has been found in human pop- [email protected] “UIHC has told us that they are ful- on a daily basis. ulations. ly prepared and ready to engage with According to the Center for Dis- While it is too soon to say defi ni- Following recent outbreaks of nov- any suspected cases,” Yockey said. ease Control, the 2019 Novel Coro- tively, the virus is currently believed Tune in for LIVE updates el coronavirus, university o�fi cials Yockey added that UI Internation- navirus originated in Wuhan, China to have initially broken out among Watch for campus and city news, say the University of Iowa, including al Programs Associate Provost and as a sudden outbreak in respiratory the bat population, since this strain weather, and Hawkeye sports its network of hospitals and medical Dean Russ Ganim has on his depart- illnesses. Currently, there are at least is a 96 percent match with bat’s coro- coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. research, is monitoring the virus’ na- ment’s website information about fi ve confi rmed cases in the U.S., and navirus, Perlman said. at dailyiowan.com. ture, spread, and prevention. where to go with questions about the all known patients have recently re- There have been previous corona- At a Faculty Council meeting virus. turned from a visit to Wuhan. virus outbreaks before the current Tuesday, Faculty Senate Vice Presi- Yockey’s announcement follows Stanley Perlman, a UI Professor epidemic. Seven strains of coronavi- dent Joseph Yockey said the UI had a mass email from the University of of Microbiology and Immunology rus have been identifi ed by the CDC, a handful of students return from Iowa Division of Student Life and who has studied coronaviruses for and Perlman said that common coro- China and other areas of Asia within Provost Jan. 24 that addressed the the past 38 years, said this is the fi rst the month, but there are no reported, outbreak of coronavirus. The UI has time this particular strain of corona- SEE CORONAVIRUS, 2 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020 Volume 151 ON THE GRIND The Daily Iowan Issue 80 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher. 335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Editor in Chief. 335-6030 Marissa Payne CORRECTIONS Managing Editors Call: 335-6030