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Austin Wu is a graduate of the University of Iowa with a Master of Public Health in Policy and undergraduate minors in political science and history. As City Liaison for the University of Iowa Student Government, he served as an ex officio representative to the Iowa City Council and Downtown District, in addition to producing an off-campus rental housing guide that quantitatively tracked the conduct of area landlords in items such as average rent, security deposit return rates, building maintenance and the provision of recycling. He also served as an at-large commissioner on the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission. In his free time, Austin enjoys bicycling, folk music, and breakfast food.
Updated October 2021
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