At Nebraska, you have a variety of opportunities for research, including:
- Undergraduate Creative Activities & Research Experiences (UCARE)
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), such as the Digital Legal Research Lab
- volunteer and paid positions on campus
- research courses and conducting research for credit
UCARE
UCARE offers opportunities for undergraduates to work alongside faculty members and directly participate in the campus's research or creative activities. As an undergraduate you may apply for UCARE awards to incorporate a research or creative experience into their undergraduate education.
As a student researcher, you'll extend your knowledge beyond the classroom, taking the concepts you’ve learned in lectures and seminars and applying them to real-world situations. Research supports what you learn in the classroom and encourages deep learning.
Research also benefits you if preparing for graduate study or if you are entering the workforce. By performing research, you show that you are detail oriented and self-motivated. You can persistently see a project through from inception to completion.
Examples of UCARE projects
The Red Cross and the Swastika: How the Holocaust Changed Humanitarianism
Alexandra Adams (year 1) with faculty sponsor Gerald Steinacher
Voltaire, d'Alembert, and Condorcet Walk Into A Bar
Alexander Claussen (year 1) with faculty sponsor Patrice Berger
Civil War Washington
Shailana Dunn-Wall (year 1) and Aaron Howell (year 2) with faculty sponsor Kenneth Winkle, Susan Lawrence
Millennium Bomber and America before and after 9/11
Salem Elzway (year 1) with faculty sponsor James LeSueur
The Lord's Supper in Reformation Pamphlets
Emily Heineman (year 1) with faculty sponsor Amy Burnett
La Matanza of 1932, El Salvador
Osmin Hernandez (year 1) with faculty sponsor James Garza
Environmental Issues in Mexico City and Latin America
Amanda Karimi (year 1) with faculty sponsor James Garza
Love and Death in Medieval and Renaissance England
Brittny Ofstedal (year 1)
with faculty sponsor Carole Levin
Locating Lord Greystoke: Race, Empire, and the Congo Question, 1876-1917 (A Transatlantic Cultural and Intellectual History)
Markus Schoof (year 1) with faculty sponsor Jeannette Eileen Jones
Digital Legal Research Lab
This REU is an interdisciplinary hub for the social scientific study of freedom making in the United States over the long nineteenth century. Undergraduates from across the U.S. transcribe, encode, and annotate digitized records from habeas corpus petitions and freedom suits. The lab is funded by the National Science Foundation and led by Katrina Jagodinsky and William G. Thomas.