UI engineering professor Larry Weber, director of IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering, said as of now, Polk County’s contribution is “year-by-year” funding. “They can't commit to multiple years, but we will need this on an annual basis going forward,” Weber said. “I'm hopeful that this type of funding would serve as bridge funding until we can convince the legislature that, in fact, it should be funded by the Iowa Legislature.”

“I don’t know that we ever envisioned the scope, scale, intensity, and complexity of [farm chemical] mixtures that we use here in Iowa,” said David Cwiertny, director of the UI’s Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination. “Mixture toxicity is something we just don’t understand very well—and Iowa is one big mixture of chemicals.”

The county is providing about $200,000 to UI's Hydroscience and Engineering (IIHR) statewide water quality monitoring program, saying "what the University of Iowa is putting out is world-renowned.” UI engineering professor and IIHR director Larry Weber said “this is vitally important that we keep a decade-long program of water quality monitoring going.”

The Iowa Geological Survey is on year three of a five-year, legislatively directed initiative to assess levees across the state to help the state Office of Levee Safety to prioritize funding for repairs on the structures that help prevent flood damage.

UI engineering professor and Iowa Flood Center Interim Director Larry Weber shared how shutdowns impact his and colleagues' federally-funded research.

Patrick Link, assistant professor in biomedical engineering, brings global experience and a problem-solving mindset shaped by his service as a Green Beret to healing-focused research.

Emily Formella, an undergraduate biomedical engineering student, is among four University of Iowa students and eight Iowans named Iowa Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Research Scholars for the 2025-2026 academic year to pursue STEM research projects that align with NASA’s mission.

The University of Iowa’s new certificate program plans to prepare students for an AI-driven world, with courses open to all majors and designed to teach technical and critical engagement with AI.

Meesha Dogan, who holds three University of Iowa engineering degrees, was named to Crain's Chicago Business 40 Under 40 list. Dogan is the founder and CEO of Cardio Diagnostics, a biotechnology company that uses AI to make cardiovascular disease prevention and early detection more accessible, personalized, and precise.

Ryan Byrd took first place for "How PCBs Impact Fat" in the University of Iowa College of Engineering's annual Three Minute Thesis competition