Sustainability News

Marcelo Mena meets King Charles with a group of people watching in the background

Iowa Engineering Alumnus Engages King Charles III on Methane Solutions

Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Clear Creek Amana students gather around the Anne Frank sapling on the Pentacrest for a group photo.

Students Connect Anne Frank, Trees, Nature, and Well-being

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Iowa City Donation Drive-Thru scheduled for July 19

Thursday, July 2, 2026
a child taking a photo of flowers in a prairie with people in the background

Explore and Connect at the UI's 6th Annual BioBlitz

Thursday, June 25, 2026
a creek running through a farm field

UI launches new program to improve health outcomes for Iowans

Tuesday, June 9, 2026
map of US showing surface ozone air quality on a scale of blue (improving) to red (declining)

Wildfires have worsened ozone pollution in the United States

Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Students look at fossils under a tent

Estate Gift Fuels Bold Vision for SEES

Monday, April 20, 2026
Tree sapling growing in the Miyawaki Forest

UI to plant second Miyawaki Forest on Arbor Day

Thursday, April 16, 2026
Tony Senio standing in from of the Prairie Restoration sign with the dormant prairie in the background

Grounds manager blends passion for the environment with a career in Athletics

Friday, March 27, 2026
K-12 students standing outside looking at worksheets and flood model

Iowa Flood Center Offers New Classroom Resources

Thursday, February 12, 2026
Student holding a songbird at the Iowa Raptor Project

Iowa Debuts New School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
saving energy in labs

First UI Lab Group Earns 'My Green Lab' Certification

Monday, December 15, 2025
Students lined up standing with Matt Kroul in front of a barn decorated with pumpkins

Former Hawkeye Football Player Hosts Farm Tour for UI Students

Thursday, December 11, 2025
Papermakers posed with bundles of kozo prepared to be steamed.

Kozo for Art: From Stem to Sheet

Thursday, December 4, 2025
Office of Sustainability and the Environment
Article on the 2025 kozo harvest and papermaking process, highlighting sustainable practices and community.
Seashore Green lawn with building in background

Organic Turf Pilot Research Opportunity

Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Andrew Forbes Faculty teaching students

Find Sustainability Experts at UI

Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Iowa City Bus driving on street

Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Trafiic Cleared, and So Did the Air.

Monday, December 1, 2025
Goats grazing on grass

Go-At It Land Stewardship Provides New Goatscaping Option for Eastern Iowa

Thursday, November 6, 2025
Biomedical Sustainability Initiative Banner

The Biomedical Sustainability Initiative: Making Environmental Change in the World of Research

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Emma Skelley
wasps in a museum collection

Galls, thieves, and parasites: Iowa biologists unspool wild world of oak-dwelling wasps

Friday, October 17, 2025