Two new REU grants broaden UI capacity to train future scientists
The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs bring students to the University of Iowa (UI) to have active and meaningful participation in ongoing research projects.
UI student researchers persevere despite pandemic challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted and reshaped many aspects of our lives, but it hasn’t stopped University of Iowa (UI) students from exploring some of life’s most interesting questions through research, scholarship, and creative activity.
Fall Undergraduate Research Festival goes virtual
The annual festival, hosted by the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU,) will be held in short sessions via Zoom during the week of November 9-13, 2020.
Social media campaign seeks to inspire more undergraduate researchers
Several University of Iowa groups are coming together in February to encourage more undergraduate students to get hands-on experience conducting research and scholarship.
Student athletes flex mental muscle in UI research labs
Two University of Iowa students are discovering that the skills and training that made them elite athletes are a surprisingly good fit with another role on campus – a researcher.
