Rodney Ewing, an academic and longtime campaigner for a cautious, sensible approach to nuclear waste disposal, will speak at the University of Iowa at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2. Ewing’s talk, to be held in Room W151 in the Pappajohn Business Building, comes amid conflicting views on the role of nuclear energy in a so-called green economy, balanced with the safety of reactors and the safe storage of nuclear waste. Story
2013.04.16 | By University Communication and Marketing | 03:12 PM
A screening of the documentary "Switch" will take place at the University of Iowa at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, in Stanley Auditorium, Seamans Center, Room 1505. Story
With Dubuque bracing for the possibility of its coal-fired power plant going offline in the coming years, graduate students in the University of Iowa School of Urban and Regional Planning have developed a new tool for the city to identify untapped renewable energy sources.
Story from: Iowa City Press-Citizen
University of Iowa researchers have been awarded a $1.3 million grant as part of the Iowa Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, part of a larger five-year, $20 million grant awarded to build Iowa’s research capacity in renewable energy and energy efficiency at Iowa’s three public universities. Story
"The best way to manage our waste is not to make it in the first place," says Liz Christiansen, director of the University of Iowa's Office of Sustainability. Story from: Marshalltown Times Republican
