Skip to main content
University of Northern Iowa Logo
University of Northern Iowa Logo

 

InsideUNI

UNI HOME
UNI HOME / InsideUNI / STEM
InsideUNI / STEM
☰ Menu
  • Search All Stories & News

  • Search by Category
  • Alumni
  • Arts & Design
  • Business
  • Blog
  • Community
  • Communications
  • Cultural Studies
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Language
  • Politics & Justice
  • News Releases
  • Social Science
  • STEM

STEM

STEM

UNI alum Cassandra Hayne overcame cancer to become a biochemist.
Oct 22, 2021

After overcoming rare cancer, UNI alum wins prestigious fellowship

Cassandra Hayne (‘11) overcame a rare jaw cancer and years of reconstructive surgeries to achieve her goal of becoming a biochemist.


A UNI alum
Sep 23, 2021

UNI alum helping produce COVID-stopping drug

Named one of America’s top young chemists, UNI Alum Patrick Fier leverages his research expertise to lead Merck’s efforts to produce a COVID-stopping drug.


UNI senior Lindsey Hubbell in a kayak.
Sep 09, 2021

Mapping out a career

Senior Lindsey Hubbell got a summer job that allowed her to kayak on Lake Okoboji thanks to UNI’s GeoTREE center. And she’s not the only student at the center tackling real-world projects in the booming field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).


UNI biology professor Jerreme Jackson.
Sep 02, 2021

Giving underrepresented students a Jump Start

Jerreme Jackson’s journey as a Black man becoming the first member of his family to earn a doctorate degree was fueled by determination and perseverance. Now at UNI, he’s passing on those lessons to students from underrepresented backgrounds.


UNI assistant professor of computer science Dheryta Jaisinghani and her student, recent graduate Brandon Purvis
Aug 05, 2021

Cracking the code to social distancing

For Brandon Purvis, undergraduate research at UNI was a career-changing experience. A year-long stint as a researcher with assistant professor of computer science Dheryta Jaisinghani has him considering graduate school after they developed a preliminary system for enforcing social distancing guidelines in classrooms using the revolutionary field known as the Internet of Things.


Preserving a lifetime of research
Jul 15, 2021

Preserving a lifetime of research

A group of UNI students is curating a collection of preserved crabs for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City that will help future researchers study the species and the human impacts on its habitat.


Specimen
Feb 11, 2021

Micro Scans, Big Opportunities


UNI students explore Wind Cave National Park
Nov 18, 2020

The discovery of a lifetime

Led by nothing more than the soft glow of their lanterns, a crew of students from the University of Northern Iowa trek into the winding depths of Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota.  Working their way through miles of passageways several hundred feet underground, the air is thick, musty and completely still. Inside the caverns, the dense walls stifle any sound, and seem to absorb the light, leading to an eerie, silent darkness throughout. It feels like exploring a different planet — one that’s completely devoid of any signs of life. But in this space, the students make a...


A hurricane in the Atlantic
Nov 04, 2020

Evacuating a hurricane in the age of COVID-19


Pages

  • « first
  • ‹ previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • next ›
  • last »

 

University of Northern Iowa Footer Logo

1227 W 27th St
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614
319.273.2311

  • Maps & Directions
  • Bookstore
  • Safety
  • InsideUNI
  • Jobs@UNI
  • Free Speech@UNI
Copyright 2022 Maintained by IT-Client Services
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • Equal Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Statement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility
  • Consumer Information