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Touchscreens and touching grass go hand in hand for the City Nature Challenge, a crowdsourced survey of local wildlife

What do you see when you walk out your door? This isn’t a mindfulness exercise; scientists want to know.Johnson County residents will join folks in more than 600 cities and counties in the worldwide City Nature Challenge this April. It will be the community’s third time participating as one of only two Iowa counties — Polk and Johnson — in the challenge.The City Nature Challenge began in 2016 as a competition between San Francisco and Los Angeles, and has since blossomed into a global event cove...

Iowa's abortion law is dangerously vague, Iowa health providers, advocates and Democrats warn

University of Iowa student Aubrey Stark remembers coming home from elementary school to see her usually lively pregnant mother, Mandy Stark, ill and bedridden.“She was in so much pain,” Stark said. “[Her condition] was not safe for her at all.”
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Why I’m So Happy to be Taking Italy Live - and Why I Think Everyone Else Should Be Too

Coming into a summer session at CIMBA out of a very busy semester, I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to delve into the culture and the language that I would be experiencing in Italy. Fortunately for me, when I sent in my list of preferred classes, I put down Italy Live. And I am so, so glad that I did. Even barely a week in, I feel that I’m among the luckiest on campus to be a part of this class- here are my top 5 reasons why:‍Italian is not as commonly taught and learned in the U....