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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The Long, Long Voice Trail: Digitizing J.N. “Ding” Darling’s Dictabelts and the Broader Implications for Preserving and Engaging with Obsolete Media promotional image

The Long, Long Voice Trail: Digitizing J.N. “Ding” Darling’s Dictabelts and the Broader Implications for Preserving and Engaging with Obsolete Media

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 6:00pm to 7:00pm
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Join archivist and exhibition co-curator Collin Vandewalle for a talk about Dictabelts, a now-obsolete analog audio recording format popular in the mid-20th century.
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Mid Fall Bird Banding

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 7:30am to 9:30am
Macbride Nature Recreation Area - Falcon Shelter
Mid Fall Bird Banding

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...

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