This newsletter arrives at the end of an interesting and challenging year. From a personal point of view, this year has been a reminder of how closely coupled we are to the natural environment. We experienced a 500-year flood (just 13 years after experiencing a 100-year flood). This flood caused $300M of damage to the infrastructure of the University of Iowa, including over $40M dollars of damage to my research building. We are just now moving back-in on a temporary basis as we develop a comprehensive mitigation strategy. The human and environmental dimensions of the flood impacts are much more significant. We are now very engaged in the concept of how we do a better job of living with floods.rnFrom viewpoint of the environmental division, we are finishing the year on a high note. The National meeting was a great success. We presented a record number of sessions on timely and important topics. A highlight of the meeting was the Lawrence K. Cecil lecture by Professor Menachem Elimelech of Yale University. At the division business and programming meetings, we had lively discussions regarding the future direction of the division and are well on our way in the planning of next years programming. The environmental programming at the Spring 2009 meeting in Orlando is exciting and described in more detail below. We hope to see many of you there.
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机译：这本新闻通讯是在有趣而富有挑战性的一年结束时发布的。从个人的角度来看，今年提醒我们我们与自然环境之间的紧密联系。我们经历了500年的洪水（经历了100年的洪水仅13年）。这次洪水对爱荷华大学的基础设施造成了3亿美元的损失，其中包括对我的研究大楼造成的超过4,000万美元的损失。随着我们制定全面的缓解策略，我们现在只是暂时恢复。洪水影响的人文和环境方面更为重要。现在，我们非常着迷于如何更好地应对洪灾的概念。rn从环境部门的角度来看，我们在今年取得了骄人的成绩。全国会议取得了巨大的成功。我们提出了创纪录的关于及时和重要主题的会议。耶鲁大学Menachem Elimelech教授的Lawrence K. Cecil演讲是会议的重头戏。在部门业务和编程会议上，我们就部门的未来方向进行了热烈的讨论，并且在计划未来的编程方面也进展顺利。 2009年春季在奥兰多举行的会议上的环境编程令人兴奋，下面将对其进行详细介绍。我们希望在那里见到你们很多。
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