IOWA CITY (KWWL) - All this month, KWWL has been showing viewers how Eastern Iowa has recovered from the floods and tornados five years ago. It's a project we call "Un-Natural Disasters +5."
Wednesday on the KWWL News at 10, Jason Epner shows us the University of Iowa's monumental task of rebuilding a significant part of campus lost in 2008's historic flooding. It's a price tag now approaching $1 billion.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The University of Iowa's vice president for research is expected to urge Congress to support funding to help develop the next generation of ultrafast supercomputers.
Daniel Reed will testify Wednesday before a House subcommittee during a hearing on exascale computing, which involves building a supercomputer capable of performing a million trillion calculations.
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Kurt Backes, who has served as a volunteer assistant coach at University of Iowa for the past three seasons, is leaving the Hawkeyes at the end of May, wrestling writer K.J. Pilcher of the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported Tuesday.
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MUSCATINE, Iowa — Chuck Swanson knows a little something about living with floods.
The executive director of Hancher at the University of Iowa, Swanson and his staff have found creative ways to reach out and host artistic events throughout the state since the 2008 flood destroyed the performance hall.
Derek St. John, who won the 157-pound title at the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in March, can add another honor to his mat resume: Male Athlete of the Year for the University of Iowa, the school announced Thursday.
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CEDAR RAPIDS (KWWL) - Former Iowa Hawkeye football star Micah Hyde returned to eastern Iowa recently to give back by presenting donated items to the Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids.
Hyde, of course, has been a little busy himself after being picked in the fifth round of the NFL Draft last month by the Green Bay Packers.
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CEDAR RAPIDS (KWWL) - A couple years ago, Micah Hyde had an idea. He wanted to help kids in need play sports and started working on it as a class project.
"I always wanted to do something like this, just give back to the kids," said Hyde. A lot of people say that, but I personally feel like it's what I'm supposed to do."
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Following an incident Monday in which a University of Iowa Cambus struck and injured a pedestrian, the manager of the service said they’re reviewing their protocols to find out what went wrong and how it can be prevented from happening again.
Cambus Manager Brian McClatchey said that on a broader level, the situation should prompt a university-wide review of pedestrian safety on campus
IOWA CITY — A group of University of Iowa students won’t have to visit the poker tables to find high stakes in Las Vegas this summer.
The 14 students have spent the spring semester in an unorthodox class, “Reimagining Downtown,” dreaming up sustainable project ideas to positively impact downtown Las Vegas, and now they have $50,000 riding on their plan.
via thegazette.com
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