University of Northern Iowa STEM

Great day at the Iowa State Fair with the Regents Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education , FIRST Robotics Competition Iowa Regional , NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium and many more. Sponsored by the Governors STEM Advisory Council.

Come join us at the Iowa State Fair

Congratulations to our 2024 SURP Symposium Participants. This year's Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) ended with the SURP Symposium on July 26, where more than 40 undergraduates, graduates, and high school students presented their summer research. It takes time and dedication from faculty to mentor these students and their projects. It also takes the support of donors and grant funding. The SURP Symposium program and many of the posters are archived in UNI Scholarworks (see link in comments). Projects that are not available in Scholarworks are likely going to be submitted for publication.

Now this is field work! TPC digs into prairie roots.

Throwback Thursday - just 2 weeks ago these students presented their posters at the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. Thanks to Dr. Walter for providing photos to document the event!

Talent search helps low-income students who are the first in their families to earn a four-year degree graduate high school and enroll in any post-secondary institution. This is a free program for Waterloo Schools students. Seeking 6th - 12th-grade students from Bunger, Carver, Central, Hoover, East, Expo, and West! Now enrolling for the 2024-2025 school year!

https://uni.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eht7Fbtt1t7o91A

More highlights from the Summer Undergraduate Research Program Symposium. These student/faculty teams spend 10 weeks collecting and analyzing data and then come together to share their results.

Fires Char the Siberian Arctic Large wildland fires are burning in the tundra of northern Russia.

More images from UNI SURP - Tallgrass Prairie Center SURP students get experience doing field based research.

The 1st annual Iowa NSF EPSCoR Symposium for the Chemurgy 2.0 project was last week and UNI was well represented by students and faculty from Physics, Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Computer Science, The Center for Social and Behavioral Research, and STEM Support Services.

Fantastic turnout for the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. Here are some photos of the physics department's posters:

It's all quite now but at 11:30 am this room will be packed with Summer Undergraduate Researchers sharing their projects. #2024 . Curris Business Building 11 am- 1:30pm

About one week left!

Those applying for the Chemurgy 2.0 EWD Seed Funding will attend a workshop at next week's symposium. Don't forget proposals are due 8/5/2024: https://loom.ly/7M1ma-c

The Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education was busy providing professional learning for early childhood educators on campus today!

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗔 𝗘𝘆𝗲’𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀!
When: July 15th, 2024 @ 2pm
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There are still some spaces available in the Science and Engineering in Technical Theater (SETT) camp. Register at https:camps.uni.edu today!

Its not too late to register for the July 24th Iowa NSF EPSCoR Symposium: https://loom.ly/a2fUp10

UNI Science Education Faculty are with Iowa teachers visiting NASA!

Iowa NSF EPSCoR Chemurgy 2.0 is seeking applications for Education & Workforce Development Seed Funding. Learn more at https://stem.uni.edu/chemurgy-20-ewd-seed-program-solicitation Please share!

Local high school students participated in our first The Quantumverse Camp last week, where they made discoveries about light, waves, particles, and more. Were there lasers? YES!

Summer Undergraduate Researchers at work!

First STEM Camp of the season was Beyond Frozen. Campers explored the science, math and art of fractals.

Chemurgy 2.0 is about to turn 1 year old. Faculty, Students, and partners from across Iowa will get together for our annual meeting to share what has been learned so far. UNISTEM will be there to talk about the Education and Workforce Development Seed Grant Program.

Save the date! Mark your calendars for the inaugural Iowa NSF EPSCoR Symposium Wednesday, July 24th! Engaging discussions, great presentations, and networking! More details coming soon: https://chemurgy.vpresearch.iastate.edu/iowa-nsf-epscor-chemurgy-20-symposium

Did you know UNI Computer Science Department has received over $1M in grant funding to prepare Iowa's first cohort of Computer Science Endorsed Educators? How's it going? Here are all of the educators involved from 2018 to this year: UNI College of Humanities, Arts & Sciences Northern Iowa Panther Caucus

Thank you to KCRG for coving the new grant projects that are funding faculty and student research in the UNI Physics Department.

Univ. of Northern Iowa physics faculty receives millions in grants for research More than $20 million is coming from the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy. It covers three physics studies that have been ongoing since 2007 - one of which looks into agriculture and manufacturing.

A brand new camp from the UNI Physics Department gives campers access to cutting edge research!

The Physics Department is hosting summer camps!
https://camps.uni.edu/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR20Hw5zkFmJC03doQzywrbHDhQZbqjw73-Yzual5iLOgCLEiilSlbl9ck8_aem_AbXHy8TOkPgZgfa5vgxeRLueDtQj_Bv4Pe6AeNUScS9MzGaeTkrimVy-27zeuP2piDF-EGIVvf9IjAfD9ih7hVXN