The University of Iowa (UI) recently hosted 34 undergraduates from Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, and Nebraska for an intensive two-week summer camp focused on environmental data collection and extreme weather resilience.

While the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will “expeditiously” review the health risks of fluoride, University of Iowa professor David Cwiertny says "we need to reevaluate science on nitrate, just as much, if not more, than what we need to be doing on fluoride.”

Professor Larry Weber, director of the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research—Hydroscience and Engineering at the University of Iowa, and other water experts shared methods on how to prevent high nitrate levels in the future.

Out of thousands of applicants nationwide, nine University of Iowa students, including a second-year industrial engineering student from Iowa City, have been awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which provides up to $5,000 to support study or internship experiences abroad.

The water utility company is bringing water from the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers and treating a portion of that water by running it through a reverse osmosis system, which will remove nitrate levels, Larry Weber, director of the University of Iowa's IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering, told ABC News. If residents were to keep using water for "unnecessary" means, the company wouldn't be able to treat enough of it to blend back with the untreated water and still meet the EPA standard

University of Iowa Center for Advancement recognized distinguished members of the College of Engineering community – Gregs Thomopulos, chair emeritus of Stanley Consultants, and Richard "Dick" Smith, founder of Agri-Industrial Plastics – in the 2025 Eight Over 80 awards.