| The Blanket Library Returns | The OSE Blanket Library is returning to campus this semester! Through the Blanket Library, you can check out a blanket to sit on the Pentacrest lawn for free. Located outside 3 Jessup Hall, the Blanket Library is open Monday through Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM. Have an extra blanket? You can donate it to the Blanket Library today! | | | | The Sustainability Professional Growth and Mentorship Program aims to create mentoring opportunities for students and professionals who are pursuing careers in sustainability and the environment. If you are interested in becoming a mentor or a mentee, join our mentorship contact list to be notified when applications open next month.
Learn more | | | | Did you know the CLAS Core includes a sustainability requirement? It’s part of CLAS’s broader effort to help students build lifelong learning habits, gain skills for 21st-century careers, and enjoy meaningful learning experiences across a wide range of disciplines. But the success of the CLAS Core depends on faculty support. That’s why CLAS is encouraging departments and programs to propose new courses for the General Education (GE) CLAS Core—especially ones that bring sustainability into the classroom in fresh and engaging ways.
Learn more | | | In Tending Iowa’s Land, local researcher and writer Cornelia Mutel offers a collection of essays and personal stories from experts and everyday people that probe the challenges and explore the pathways to a regenerative future for our natural environment. Help give voice to these stories by signing up for a 20-minute shift to read a section of the book out loud on September 23 at the Lagoon Shelter House. Or, come to be recharged by hearing others amplify these essays vocally and stick around to meet individuals and organizations helping put these principles into practice.
| | | | In partnership with the UI Living Labs Working Group, the OSE has developed a new website featuring the University of Iowa's Living Laboratories! Living Labs are spaces that offer teaching and learning opportunities outside of the traditional classroom. Any space can be used as a living lab, but the new website provides tools and resources that can help facilitate experiential learning using campus greenspaces. New spaces will continue to be added to the website, so check back often.
Learn more | | | On July 23, 2025, at 11:13 a.m. PDT, a Falcon 9 rocket shot upward from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and the University of Iowa notched a significant milestone in space physics. The rocket carried two satellites, each equipped with five instruments exhaustively tested by Iowa scientists, for TRACERS, the $171.6 million NASA-funded mission to study the mysterious, powerful interactions between the magnetic fields of the sun and Earth.
Learn more | | | | A devastating weather event, known as a derecho, struck Iowa and adjacent states on August 10, 2020. A line of storms extended more than 770 miles for 14 hours across several state lines and spawned 25 tornadoes across Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. A new story map highlights the impact, response, and recovery over the last five years.
Learn More | | | Iowa City is working to grow and expand our tree canopy coverage and tree diversity. You can help by participating in the "Root for Trees" program. Fill out the application for a tree voucher linked below, and save 50% OFF on the purchase of a tree at participating Iowa City locations.
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