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April 2019
American Heart Association STEM Goes Red Event
The American Heart Association is hosting their inaugural STEM Goes Red event on April 24th at Mount Mercy Graduate Center in Cedar Rapids. This event is targeted to 9th grade females with the intent to empower them to consider a future in STEM and research careers, and to learn how to keep their hearts healthy as they grow into adults.
Find out more »Earth Fest
Join us for: Live music, Raptors, games, free prizes, info from local sustainable organizations, environmental nonprofits, fun activities, games, a FREE Saplings Giveaway & MORE!
Find out more »May 2019
Iowa Emergency Management Association Conference
Iowa Flood Center Associate Director will present on Thursday, May 9 of the conference from 2:00-3:00 pm. Presentation title: Iowa Flood Center—Serving Iowans with Innovative Tools and Reliable Information Nate Young serves as associate director of the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) and helped lead the statewide floodplain mapping project for 85 of Iowa’s 99 counties. The maps show the probability, extent, and depth of flooding for every Iowa stream draining more than one square mile and are an important resource…
Find out more »Iowa Children’s Water Festival
The 2019 Iowa Children’s Water Festival is May 09, 2019, at Des Moines Area Community College Campus in Ankeny, Iowa. The Iowa Children's Water Festival is a FREE educational event that provides your FIFTH GRADE class the opportunity to learn about the importance of water in their daily lives through presentations, hands-on activities, exhibits, games and entertainment! Iowa Flood Center staff are partnering with the National Weather Service to educate students about watersheds, flooding, and flood safety. We hope to see you…
Find out more »Investigate Your Future – 8th Grade Girls STEM Event
The event will be held Tuesday, May 21st, 2019, 9am – 2pm. Investigate Your Future will continue to provide interactive, hands-on sessions which will expose 300 plus eighth grade girls to a variety of interesting aspects related to the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Students will attending will be from Lee, Des Moines, Henry and Louisa Counties. Please respond soon and let us know whether you will be available for this event again this school year. A simple yes…
Find out more »June 2019
Help Celebrate the Iowa Flood Center’s 10th Birthday!
You’re Invited! Iowa Flood Center 10-Year Birthday Celebration Thursday, June 13, 2019 C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory | Iowa City, IA All-day event—details coming soon! Friends, partners, and the general public are invited to participate in a day-long celebration reflecting on our collective achievements over the past 10 years. By fostering collaborations, we are solving our state’s complex water challenges the Iowa way: together. But we have more work to do, and floods in Iowa are changing. As we prepare for…
Find out more »August 2020
The Big Splash
August 15–16, 2020 The Big Splash! will celebrate the river at the center of our community and the 100th anniversary of IIHR. The Big Splash! is a big deal. We hope you’ll join us and make a big splash of your own! Proudly presented by: Hancher, IIHR, the University of Iowa, and the UI College of Engineering
Find out more »Eighth International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM8)
ICFM8 2020: Build Back Better Announcing the 8th International Conference on Flood Management: Lowering Risk by Increasing Resilience. The conference will be held August 17-19, 2020 in Iowa City, Iowa on The University of Iowa campus. About ICFM: ICFM8 is an integral part of the ICFM conference series initiated in 2000. This conference series provides a unique opportunity for various specialists including engineers, planners, natural and social scientists, health specialists, disaster managers, decision makers, and policy makers to come together…
Find out more »IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering
