Welcome to the Office of Sustainability and the Environment (OSE)

The OSE serves as a central resource for integrating sustainability into the University of Iowa’s operations, academics, research, and community engagement. Through collaborative partnerships, innovative initiatives, and educational opportunities, the OSE connects the campus community and empowers Hawkeyes to make informed decisions that drive meaningful, lasting impact.

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Events

SEES:7000 Colloquium - Matthew Wilson (Dept. of Geography, University of Kentucky) - "Slow Maps: Cartographic Attention and the Question of Geography"

Thursday, October 8, 2026 3:30pm
Macbride Hall

SEES:7000 Colloquium - Thursday, 10/8/26, 3:30pm, 255 MacBride Hall

Matthew Wilson (Dept. of Geography, University of Kentucky)

Talk: Slow Maps: Cartographic Attention and the Question of Geography

Abstract:

The notion of ‘slow maps’ is a meditation on the map in the context of a frenetic digital culture, an attempt to pursue questions of speed in cartography, set against the rapid pace of cartographic experimentation and development in the last century. I argue that the new opportunity of...

Environmental Engineering and Science Graduate Seminar

Friday, October 9, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Seamans Center

Elizabeth Crawford, Visiting Assistant Professor, Rhetoric, University of Iowa, and Deirdre Egan, Associate Director of the Writing Center, University of Iowa will be presenting, Writing in Grad School in the Age of AI.

Iowa’s Past, A Livable Future: 100Grannies in the Archives promotional image

Iowa’s Past, A Livable Future: 100Grannies in the Archives

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 5:30pm to 6:30pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Join the 100Grannies and the Iowa Women’s Archives to learn more about local efforts to help the environment.
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