University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld joined university administrators and faculty to visit the childhood home in Mount Pleasant of James Van Allen, the legendary Iowa physicist who discovered the radiation belts around Earth.  Van Allen’s home is now a museum dedicated to the scientist’s accomplishments. 

Next fall, the University of Iowa Office of the Provost will transition outreach and engagement programming to the colleges and departments. The decision follows a review of the Office of Outreach and Engagement last spring to gather information about current programming and determine the best way to encourage broader engagement.

Rather than fostering “a very confusing and fearful situation,” the EPA should recommend that schools test classrooms for PCBs, then address specific sources if results are elevated, said Keri Hornbuckle, a University of Iowa civil and environmental engineering professor and one of the nation’s top researchers of PCBs in schools.