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The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
Chancellor Robert Jones speaks about the Illinois Climate Action Plan on Tuesday.

Chancellor Jones signs newest version of Illinois Climate Action Plan

By Samantha Boyle, Managing Editor for Reporting • October 21, 2020
A University worker unloads completed COVID-19 tests outside the Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building on Friday. The Veterinary Diagnostics Lab staff is equipped to test about 10,000 saliva tests per day.

“A tall order”: Inside UI’s COVID testing lab

By Willie Cui, Staff Writer • October 19, 2020
Students petition to ban Proctorio amid privacy concerns

Students petition to ban Proctorio amid privacy concerns

By Amrita Bhattacharyya, Staff Writer • October 12, 2020
A coronavirus test site worker organizes vials at the Illini Union on Sept. 30. Some students who have previously been infected by COVID-19 are now getting false positives from their tests.

Previously infected students receive false positives

By Aliza Majid, Staff Writer • October 8, 2020
Overflow of online exams leaves University searching for proctors

Overflow of online exams leaves University searching for proctors

By Payal Rathore, Contributing Writer • October 8, 2020
Professor Sadie Braun poses for a professional headshot for the College of AHS. Braun calls on her 10 years of clinical experience and her knowledge of audiology to elucidate the struggles that the hearing-impaired community faces due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hearing impaired community struggles with life under COVID-19

By Grace Maloney, Staff Writer • September 28, 2020
Students line up on the Main Quad to get flu shots at McKinley Health Center’s Flu Shot Clinic on Oct. 1, 2018. Health officials encourage flu shots to avoid overwhelming hospitals this winter.

Health officials stress flu shots to avoid overwhelming hospitals

By Amrita Bhattacharyya, Staff Writer • September 28, 2020
Martin Burke, professor in LAS and member of the University’s SHIELD team, poses for a professional headshot. Burke was encouraged by last week’s results for on-campus COVID-19 tests, which yielded far fewer new cases than weeks previous.

Daily Illini exclusive: SHIELD team leader talks testing, new case decline

By Diana Anghel, Assistant News Editor • September 21, 2020
A graph depicts amounts of positive COVID-19 tests over time at the University of Illinois. Over 10,000 tests were conducted on Monday.

University reaches 2,000 COVID-19 cases: 59 of them faculty, staff

By Ethan Simmons, News Editor • September 17, 2020
Students wait at the testing site at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications on Aug. 30. A helpful feature of the Safer Illinois app is the OSF OnCall Connect program, which puts COVID-positive people in contact with OSF OnCall team members.

Safer Illinois provides digital support for COVID-positive students

By Amrita Bhattacharyya, Staff Writer • September 14, 2020
Madhu Khanna hosted a Zoom webinar on Sept. 10. The meeting proposed bringing a nuclear reactor to campus.

University awaits approval for on-campus micro-nuclear reactor

By Heather Robinson, Assistant Daytime News Editor • September 14, 2020
Protesters stand outside UI System President Timothy Killeen’s house after marching from the Main Quad. The participating University students and staff protested to demand hazard pay for frontline workers and reduced tuition among other things on Saturday.

Frontline workers protest University reopening at UI President’s house

By Ethan Simmons, News Editor • August 31, 2020
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