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Iowa Watch: Iowa Develops Science Teaching Standards With No Climate Change Judgment
At first, people who reject predominant scientific findings that humans are the main cause of climat...
Measuring Flood Vulnerability
Which factors affect a community’s vulnerability and resilience to flooding? Through his research, E...
Volunteers Collect 25,000 Pounds of Donations During Move Out
During the University of Iowa's “Donate Don’t Dump” event May 10-13, 66 volunteers collected more th...
Daily Iowan: Reynolds visits UI, talks renewable energy
Iowa not only feeds the world, it also fuels it, Gov. Kim Reynolds said during a visit to the Univer...
Press Citizen: Reynolds discusses biomass fuels during UI visit
Gov. Kim Reynolds may have a degree from Iowa State, but she thinks Iowans can learn a thing or two ...
Gazette: UI's coal-free goal impresses Reynolds
Governor sees economic possibilities in biomass projectTerry Branstad was the ethanol governor. Afte...
UI professor gets a firsthand look at the business of lawmaking
When it came time for David Cwiertny to plan his sabbatical, a time away from classroom teaching dut...
'Donate Don't Dump:' Students pass on items amid move-out bustle
From the Gazette: Hoisting couches onto a Penske moving truck doesn’t qualify as fun for most. But w...
