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COVID-19: Iona College Goes Remote After Outbreak Of 60 New Cases COVID-19: Iona College Goes Remote After Outbreak Of 60 New Cases
Covid-19: Iona College Goes Remote After Outbreak Of 60 New Cases There has been an outbreak of COVID-19 at Iona College that has been to a single event. New Rochelle officials warned that there have been more than 60 confirmed COVID-19 cases, confined to the student body, with no indication of a spread to the community. In response, Iona has been working with Westchester County and the state to contact trace and quarantine the affected students.  The college is also transitioning to remote learning for at least two weeks amid the outbreak. “Late last week, Iona’s surveillance testing identified an uptick in positive COVID-19 cases among certain at…

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by Zak Failla
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Rick Pitino Coming Home To New York As Iona College Basketball Coach Rick Pitino Coming Home To New York As Iona College Basketball Coach
Rick Pitino Coming Home To New York As Iona College Basketball Coach Rick Pitino's college basketball coaching comeback will be made in his native New York. Pitino, the only coach to lead three different schools to the Final Four, was fired as University of Louisville head coach in September 2017 after he was implicated in a federal investigation involving bribes to recruits. On Saturday, March 14, a day after announcing 10-year coach Tim Clueless had resigned due to health reasons, Iona College in New Rochelle has named Pitino as its new head coach. Pitino, a New York City native who attended high school on Long Island at St. Dominic in Oyster Ba…

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: Two Iona College Employees Under Self-Quarantine Due To 'An Abundance Of Precaution' COVID-19: Two Iona College Employees Under Self-Quarantine Due To 'An Abundance Of Precaution'
Covid-19: Two Iona College Employees Under Self-Quarantine Due To 'An Abundance Of Precaution' Two employees at Iona College in New Rochelle have self-quarantined out of an abundance of precaution during the coronavirus outbreak. Iona College President Seamus Carey announced on Friday, March 6, that two employees had self-quarantined, but there remain no confirmed or suspected cases of Coronavirus at this time. Carey noted that the 14-day incubation period was simply a precaution. “These preventative steps were taken out of an abundance of precaution to protect the Iona community,” he said. “Neither employee is experiencing coronavirus symptoms and therefore neither qualifies for cor…

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by Zak Failla