Fall Undergraduate Research Festival 2024

Wednesday, November 6th 3:30-6:00pm, 2nd Floor, Old Cap Mall (201 S. Clinton)
Register through midnight Wednesday, October 30th

Undergraduate Research Conference

The OUR Ambassadors recently coordinated an amazing program for students interested in starting in undergraduate research on October 5th! 

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Want to have OUR visit your classroom, event, or student organization? The OUR would love to help! 

Topics can include anything to do with undergraduate research. Let us know what interests you!

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News and Announcements

Spotlight on Faculty-Student Research Collaborations at Iowa

Thursday, September 26, 2024
Join the Iowa Global Health Network on Friday, October 4, 2024, from 1:30 – 3 p.m. (CDT) in the International Commons, University Capitol Centre, Room 1117. Students and their faculty mentors will present their work in the global health realm and will discuss their working collaboration and research focus. Light refreshments will be served. See you there!

Conventional and Stereotypes in Award-Winning Photojournalism

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
The Visual Media Lab in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication is looking for an undergraduate research assistant for a project involving web scraping and data organization. This position is ideal for students interested in applying their programming skills to real-world research in a collaborative and open science environment.

Learning-Based High-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Students are expected to code/run deep learning algorithms to solve specific problems in biomedical imaging.

Sleep Disturbance in Psychiatric Disorders

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Students in this lab will have the opportunity to assist data collection in behavioral, sleep EEG or MRI experiments, organize and maintain databases, and aid in preprocessing of data. They may receive training on EEG and MRI data acquisition, sleep scoring, RedCap, and MRI safety. This is an attractive position for those who are interested in pursuing graduate careers in neuroscience, clinical or cognitive psychology in the future. There is opportunity to conduct honor theses if the student’s research interest aligns with the goals of our lab, and they demonstrate commitment and excellence.

Wessel Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Neuroscience

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
At the Wessel Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, undergraduate research assistants will run Cognitive Neuroscience tasks with EEG and TMS neuroimaging techniques. No lab experience required. A minimum GPA of 3.5 is required.

Upcoming Deadlines and Events

FYS Poster Session

Wednesday, October 30th
2nd Floor, University Capitol Center
3:30-4:30pm

FURF 2024

Wednesday, November 6th
2nd Floor, University Capitol Center
3:30pm-5:30pm
Registration open 9/13/24-10/30/24