Environmental News
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Monday, June 8th, 2020
Matthew Dannenberg, assistant professor of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, joins the PPC as a summer scholar-in-residence, to work on his project, "Contributions of Anthropogenic Warming to Drought-Induced Loss of Vegetation Health."
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Thursday, June 4th, 2020
David Cwiertny, with faculty at the College of Public Health and the University of Notre Dame, were awarded an NSF RAPID grant to develop safer PPE.
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Friday, May 1st, 2020
David Cwiertny, director of the Public Policy Center's (PPC) Environmental Policy Research Program, helped co-author, "Considerations for Large Building Water Quality after Extended Stagnation," that studies the results of extended stagnation of water pipes, as buildings sit largely unused during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
Several of the Public Policy Center's (PPC) research fellows and affiliates were interviewed for "Pandemic Insights," a series of YouTube videos presented by the Obermann Center.
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Monday, April 13th, 2020
One of David Cwiertny's students has shifted her focus from creating water filtration devices to creating air filters for personal protective equipment (PPE) masks.
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
Eric Tate, an associate professor in the Department of Geographical and Sustainablity Sciences, will join the PPC as a scholar-in-residence for the Fall 2019 semester.
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Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
Silvia Secchi and David Cwiertny released a report on their evaluation of Iowa's Grants to Counties Program, which finds that the program is underutilized.
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Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
A team of University of Iowa researchers, including David Cwiertny, developed an online map to help Iowans learn more about their private wells.
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Friday, April 27th, 2018
Scott Spak was recently featured as an expert in a WalletHub piece on the greenest states in the US.
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Monday, April 9th, 2018
The PPC will host and co-sponsor several events in celebration of Earth Week.