Environmental Sciences

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...

The Sustainability Case Competition is an opportunity for undergraduate students to utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills to solve real sustainability problems. The case competition kicks off with a Welcome Event on the evening of Friday, April 11. Saturday, April 12 is an all-day event featuring 5-hours of case solving within teams, presentations of teams’ case solutions, and a dinner/award ceremony in the evening. The Sustainability Case Competition is hosted by the Tippie...