The Office of Undergraduate Research Quick Pitch Challenge (QPC) is a communication competition that challenges undergraduate students to present their research or creative work to a general audience in three minutes. Participants from all majors and areas of study are invited to showcase their work on campus. The final competition is April 9th!

The Advanced Pulmonary Physiomic Imaging Laboratory (APPIL) is looking for several undergraduate research assistants to help with an ongoing project—specifically, to evaluate three different methods for segmenting the pulmonary arterial and venous trees from 3D chest CT scans. There are three methods to explore, but one shared goal: to improve the separation and segmentation of pulmonary arteries and veins. Each method comes with publicly available code and an associated research paper. Your task would be to pick one of the methods, get the code running, and evaluate its performance on a sample arterio-venous-separation dataset. You don’t need to fully understand the technical intricacies—unless you want to, and chances are, you will if you spend enough time with the project.

The University of Iowa is hosting a two-week, paid summer camp/mini-internship focused on advancing undergraduate students’ knowledge in weather prediction, local weather intelligence assessment, and resilience in agricultural communities. This immersive program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s EPSCoR program (award #2420405.), will provide hands-on training and exposure to cutting-edge technologies to 40 students.

If you are participating in research, you may be an excellent candidate for the Undergraduate Certificate in Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). Participating in this program is especially beneficial for students who are considering attending a health professions school or graduate school.

Mangalam Lab's goal is to develop better treatment options to cure multiple sclerosis (MS).