Craig Just, UI associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, highlights how the university is improving Iowa communities through the work of the new Iowa Wastewater and Waste to Energy Research Program Tech Park, which he hopes will become a worldwide leader in innovative waste treatment to generate energy and recover resources.

The University of Iowa has moved up in the EPA’s Green Power Partner rankings and is now No. 2 in the Top 30 Colleges and Universities of the largest green power users. To achieve this ranking, Iowa uses green power for 84 percent of its operations’ total electricity needs, up from 73 percent last year.  

After nine years of touring Europe and the United States, Jackson Pollock’s ‘Mural’ is finally home at the University of Iowa as of July 14, where it will be on view when the UI Stanley Museum of Art reopens on August 26.