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Other states look to UI-based Iowa Flood Center for expertise

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
As a leader in technologies and tools capable of improving flood readiness and resiliency, the University of Iowa-based Iowa Flood Center this week welcomed a delegation from the nation's largest contiguous state wanting to learn from the flood preparation path Iowa has forged.
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2020 resolution: Permanently fund natural resources programs

Wednesday, January 1, 2020
In 2020, we must accept the water-quantity and -quality challenges we face and work together - the Iowa way - to come up with meaningful, science-based solutions.
Photo of icy Iowa River and Stanley Hydraulics Lab

Iowa “light years ahead” with flood forecasting services

Thursday, December 26, 2019
During recent extreme flooding events in Southwest Wisconsin, local residents would maze around a hodge-podge of forecasting information, trying to gain an understanding of what is happening in real time.
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Witold F. Krajewski and Larry J. Weber: Reforming flood insurance will save lives, billions of dollars

Monday, December 23, 2019
With a year of unprecedented flooding in Iowa nearly behind us and our nation witnessing the horrific devastation of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas and southern states, it's clearer now, more than ever, that we need common-sense reforms that help our communities address the increasing threat of flooding.
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Flood mitigation efforts examined in Monroe County

Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Year after year, large scale flooding events continue to destroy parts of the Upper Midwest. In the last few years, areas in Western Wisconsin have been some of the hardest hit.
Greta Thunberg speaks at the Iowa City Climate Strike

As universities see state funding threatened, will they be less outspoken about climate change?

Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Iowa may be known as a swing state, but Iowa City, home of the state’s flagship public university, has a reputation as liberal.
Floodwaters from the Raccoon River inundate Des Moines

Iowa Mitigation Program Leads to $1.4 Billion in Flood Prevention Projects

Tuesday, November 19, 2019
In 2008, devastating floods across the Midwest left Iowa with an estimated $10 billion in damage. In Cedar Rapids alone, 5,200 homes were damaged or destroyed after two weeks of historic rainfall.
Portrait of Larry Weber

Cedar Rapids invests upstream in better water with Middle Cedar Partnership

Friday, November 15, 2019
Recurring flooding and water quality woes that have hampered rivers around Iowa and beyond prompted Cedar Rapids to take a different approach to the Cedar River, which is the city's primary source of drinking water and essential to core industries.
Navid Jadidoleslam poses for a photo near the Iowa River

CEE PhD student publishes two first-author papers in prestigious Journal of Hydrology

Monday, November 4, 2019
Navid Jadidoleslam, a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering, has published two papers in the Journal of Hydrology. Jadidoleslam is also part of two college research centers - the Iowa Flood Center and IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering.
Portrait of Witold Krajewski

FC Director Witold Krajewski receives UI Faculty Excellence Award

Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Eighteen faculty and staff members were honored at the University of Iowa’s annual Faculty and Staff Awards celebration.