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Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience program

University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumna Allison Porter Carpenter (center) floats during a zero-gravity parabolic flight as part of a study of the wearable gravity countermeasure “Skinsuit.” The flight took place aboard NASA’s specially modified “Vomit Comet,” which flies parabolic arcs to simulate 20- to 30-second periods of weightlessness for astronaut training and equipment testing. (Image credit: Steve Boxall)

Husker alumna reaches for the moon with NASA role

March 30, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Student Research Days

UCARE application reviewers needed

February 6, 2026

Husker researchers gain independence, publish findings

September 12, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Laila Doyle, a senior Nutritional Science and Dietetics major, poses for a photo in Leverton Hall. Doyle currently works as a researcher with UCARE (Undergraduate Creative Activities & Research Experience).

With eye toward future, Doyle dives into research

July 15, 2025

Science & Technology

A professor in a grey sweater and jeans talks with a student demonstrating on a laptop wearing glasses and a green shirt.

Students create MetaObjects in ‘virtual reality sandbox’

April 14, 2025

Science & Technology

Society & Culture