Jessica Schmidt of Gothenburg receives stipend for summer research project at Nebraska

2017 May 10

Jessica Schmidt of Gothenburg is among 88 undergraduates who have been awarded stipends by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.

Schmidt, a veterinary science major, will participate in the project "Subjective Evaluation of Temperament in Beef Cattle: Does Training Improve the Reliability of the Assessment?" as part of Nebraska's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) Program, which supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Undergraduate students receive a stipend of $2,400 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 20 hours per week. The students' projects span across academic disciplines including engineering, chemistry, modern languages and literatures, psychology, art and art history, architecture, special education, and fisheries and wildlife.

The students also will have opportunities to participate in mentoring workshops and activities with undergraduates from other institutions who are participating in Nebraska's Summer Research Program. In August, both groups of students will present posters on their research and creative activities at a campus research symposium. For more about undergraduate research at Nebraska, visit http://ucare.unl.edu.