University of Iowa Insights July 2009

Liz Christiansen, director of the Office of Sustainability, describes Iowa’s current conservation efforts and how the university is bringing the issue of sustainability into the classroom; Nonfiction Writing Program director Robin Hemley discusses his book “Do-Over!” which chronicles his present-day recreations of humiliating experiences from his childhood; and College of Engineering Dean Barry Butler explains the college’s leadership role in the Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development, or IAWIND.