Environmental Sciences

Science on Screen® Presentation: Weathering With You Date: Tuesday, April 1 Time: 7 p.m. Location: FilmScene at The Chauncy Tickets:  $10 each Special Offer: The first 40 University of Iowa students to register will receive a free ticket to attend!  Register here. Join us for a captivating Science on Screen® presentation featuring the acclaimed animated film Weathering With You. Before the screening, enjoy an insightful pre-show presentation titled "When It Rains It Pours: Climate Change...

Researchers, sovereign tribal communities, and women farmland-owners will discuss how they are collaborating to foster climate resilience through the newly established Central Midwest Climate Opportunities and Learning Team (CM CO-Learn), funded by the NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships program, that supports Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. This panel brings together a tribal community member, a woman farmland owner, and several project researchers to share what they are learning from...

David Cwiertny is the William D. Ashton Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Environmental Policy Research Program at the University of Iowa. His research specializes in the development of nanomaterials based approaches for resource sustainability and the environmental occurrence, fate and effects of emerging pollutant classes. At the UI, he directs the state-funded Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination, which conducts research to identify, measure, and prevent...