Environment Stories & News

IWRC staff working with brewery

UNI's Iowa Waste Reduction Center receives EPA Pollution Prevention Award

The Iowa Waste Reduction Center at the University of Northern Iowa was recently selected to receive an EPA Region 7 2021 Pollution Prevention Award. The award will be formally presented on Oct. 26 during ceremonies at the Midwest Environmental Compliance Conference.

UNI students in the field studying monarch butterfly habitat.

Helping save the monarch butterfly

Four UNI students are taking part in field research operated out of UNI’s Tallgrass Prairie Center this summer to help prevent the rapid decline of the monarch butterfly.
Members of Green Iowa AmeriCorps take a water sample.

AmeriCorps environmental program at UNI continues to grow

UNI’s Green Iowa AmeriCorps program recently received a $1.1 million federal grant that will fund thousands of statewide community environmental service projects. The three-year grant will support 114 service members who will partner with 24 organizations across Iowa to carry out projects in residential energy efficiency, environmental education, land restoration and water quality.  

UNI's Green Iowa AmeriCorps receives $1.1 million grant for environmental projects

The University of Northern Iowa’s Green Iowa AmeriCorps program recently received a $1.1 million federal grant that will fund thousands of statewide community environmental service projects.

Katie Hund

Alum finds fulfillment in DNR career

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ESP panel

2020 ESP International Fellowship Panel

"The effects of trade policies on global supply chains"
2:00 PM
April 6, 2020
CBB 109

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Julie Hamilton / ESP International Supply Chain and Logistics Management Fellow Dan Bumblauskas will host a 75-minute panel discussion comparing the supply chain differences between operating factories in developed and emerging markets.

Panelists Include: