Ten University of Nebraska–Lincoln students have moved from the waitlist and will participate in research with a faculty mentor during the spring semester.
Nebraska’s Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. These 10 students will receive stipends of $1,800 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 10 hours per week. UCARE student projects span academic disciplines including engineering, chemistry, modern languages and literatures, psychology, art and art history, architecture, special education, and fisheries and wildlife.
Applications for the 2026-27 UCARE program are now open, with a deadline of Feb. 10. Learn more and apply. Husker faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and staff with a master’s degree or higher are eligible to review UCARE applications starting in early March and can sign up here.
Following is a list of the School of Computing students newly receiving 2025-26 UCARE awards, with their year in school, academic major(s) and project title:
- Ruby Gutzmann, junior, mathematics, data science and computer science (Raikes School), “Optimal Transport-Based Learning in Single-Cell Analysis.”
- Kiera Chan, junior, data science and mathematics, “A Novel Feature Engineering Approach for Enhanced Accuracy and Interpretability in Image Classification: Application to Handwritten Digits.”
View the full list of recipients in Nebraska Today.
