The Hydroscience and Engineering unit at the University of Iowa, or the IIHR, is expanding its research on the Mississippi River, to better understand and improve the way fish navigate through lock and dam systems.

Growing up in Poland, Witold Krajewski never dreamed he would travel to the United States, nevertheless live there. But now, like thousands of other Iowans, he can recall his life just before the historic flood of 2008. The sports-oriented Krajewski, who had a soccer match held at his retirement party and founded Judo America Iowa City in 1994, was one day away from leaving Iowa before the flood struck to attend the wrestling and judo 2008 Olympic trials at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Then, the sight of a sandbag being carried by his secretary as he walked into his University of Iowa office changed his mind about leaving. The flood ultimately changed his life.