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Recent Informatics Grad Built Mason City Community Mobile App

UI Department of Computer Science

As part of an Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities project and using graphic designs from students in the School of Art & Art History, recent UI Informatics alumna Kaisha Billings built, during her last semester at Iowa, a community-based...

UI students, faculty make a difference in Mason City

“We wanted to show people that the North End isn’t that different from other parts of the city,” says Steven Van Steenhuyse, UI alumnus (BA ’83, MA ’87) and director of development services for the city of Mason City. “We want to share the good news...

University of Iowa Students, Faculty, and Community Partners Recognized for Outstanding Community Engagement Work

Office of Outreach & Engagement

Student, actor, director, teacher, and singer Tempestt Farrar confidently stepped up to the podium Wednesday, May 9, at the 2017-18 Annual Year-End Celebration for the Office of Outreach & Engagement to accept her award for Student Excellence...

UI students suggest natural, cost-efficient plan for city park

KCRG-TV

A park that can take care of itself. It's an idea for a plot of land next to the Terry Trueblood Park in Iowa City. The University of Iowa's Urban and Regional Planning Department has been studying the area and it thinks taking it back in time is...

UI students reimagine park experience with unique adaptation plan

Early on in the course, University of Iowa urban and regional planning professors Lucie Laurian and Scott Spak asked their students to imagine the perfect landscape. When asked what they saw, many of the students said they envisioned a peaceful...

Webster City chosen as next community to partner with to promote sustainable development

The Daily Iowan

The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities has announced Webster City as the next community to partner with to promote sustainability. Webster City is a community located in Hamilton County with a population of 8,000. The group aims to promote...