Four Animal Science Students Receive Stipends for Fall Research Projects Friday, September 20, 2024
Four undergraduate animal science majors at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln were awarded stipends to participate in research projects with a faculty mentor this fall.
Nebraska’s Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences (UCARE) Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Students receive stipends of $3,600 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 10 hours per week. The students’ projects span academic disciplines including engineering, chemistry, modern languages and literatures, psychology, art and art history, architecture, special education, and fisheries and wildlife.
Junior Kylie Beard, sophomore Grace Schleuter, junior Ashley Llewellyn, and junior Addison Hillman all earned the UCARE stipends for their projects. Beard's project is titled "Endocrine Comparison of the Follicular Phase of the Estrous Cycle Between GnRH-II Receptor Knockdown and Litter Mate Control Gilts,” Schleuter's is “Effects of In Utero Heat Stress on Testis Development and Function in Neonatal Boars,” Llewellyn's is “The Adoptability of a Shelter Dog: A Data Exploration on Significant Adoption and Return Rate Trends,” and Hillman's is “Investigation of Novel Genetic Variation in Cattle.”
UCARE participants will present posters on their research and creative activities during Student Research Days, April 15-16, at the Nebraska Union. For more information on undergraduate research at Nebraska, click here.