CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 31 -- Alliant Energy issued the following news release: More than 50% of the energy Alliant Energy's Iowa utility provided to its customers in 2022 came from renewable energy generation. Alliant Energy, the third-largest owner-operator of regulated wind in the U.S., increased production by 25% from 2021 levels. This increase allowed its Iowa utility to provide a double-digit surge of renewable energy to its customers in 2022, boosting the percentage of renewable energ  more

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug. 31 -- Briar Cliff University issued the following news: Briar Cliff University Board of Trustees approved four professors as Emeriti Faculty; Jeff Baldus, MFA, Tricia Currans-Sheehan, PhD, Sr. Mary Day, OSF, DMA, and Nan Wilson, MFA. Baldus originally came to Briar Cliff College as the assistant director of admissions and the director of alumni relations in the 1980's. His collegiate instructional career began as an adjunct instructor at Briar Cliff in 1997. Baldus moved  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 31 -- Emory University issued the following news release: An Emory University registry that tracks out-of-hospital cardiac arrests nationwide is expanding into eight largely rural states thanks to new grant funding from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. Emory's nationally distinguished Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) will use the three-year, $899,215 grant to improve cardiac arrest response and survivability in Iowa, Minnesota, Mont  more

FAYETTE, Iowa, Aug. 31 -- Upper Iowa University issued the following news release: Forbes Advisor Education has recognized Upper Iowa University (UIU) for offering one of the best online bachelor's degrees in public administration. Upper Iowa and nine other U.S. institutions were recognized. Public administrators work in a variety of specialty areas, such as healthcare, finance, psychology, emergency disaster management, and agriculture. UIU's public administration degree features emphases in   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 31 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2023: * * * Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird released the following statement regarding the State's appeal of a Polk County District Court's decision exempting some voting materials from the Iowa English Language Reaffirmation Act: "We are appealing the District Court's decision against the Secretary of State's office to protect election integrity and defend state law. "The Iowa E  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 30 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following statement on Aug. 29, 2023: * * * Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an amended Waters of the United States rule: "The Supreme Court made it abundantly clear in Sackett v EPA that the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers overstepped their legal authority and therefore must re-wo  more

DECORAH, Iowa, Aug. 31 -- Luther College issued the following news: Luther College has launched an updated core curriculum beginning for first-year students in the fall 2023 semester that includes skill-building courses across a variety of disciplines and a greater emphasis on experiential learning within the community. The curriculum includes fewer required credits and gives students more flexibility to pursue their interests and passions within their Luther education. It also fulfills the co  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 31 -- Mount Mercy University issued the following news on Aug. 30, 2023: The Heart of America Athletic Conference has announced that Mount Mercy's Lydia LaMere was named the 2022-23 Heart of America Athletic Trainer of the Year. The award was voted on by the athletic trainers in the conference. "This is a tremendously deserved recognition for Lydia, honoring all she does for student-athletes and our university," said Molly Altorfer, Senior Woman Administrator and Assis  more

AMES, Iowa, Aug. 30 -- Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences issued the following news release: Professor and plant breeder Asheesh K. (Danny) Singh has been named to the George Sprague Professorship in Agronomy by the Department of Agronomy in Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Singh succeeds William Beavis, professor emeritus in agronomy, who has served in the position since 2007. "It is quite an honor to be associated with Dr. Sprag  more

MERCED, California, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Patty Guerra, UC Merced UC Merced Computer Science and Engineering Professor Xiaoyi Lu is leading a collaboration that secured a $4.35 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to improve federated machine learning systems. Lu is partnering with the University of Iowa and Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago to improve the understanding of scalable, federated, privacy-preservi  more

FOREST CITY, Iowa, Aug. 30 -- Waldorf University issued the following news: Waldorf University and Soccer Universities excitedly announce a strategic partnership aimed at fostering excellence in both sports and education. This collaboration brings together the high quality, flexible, and affordable academics of Waldorf University and the cutting-edge sports coaching expertise of Soccer Universities to create a path to empower aspiring athletes to excel on and off the field. This partnership ca  more