What is the Radiation Biology and Physics Undergraduate Research Summer Program?

The Radiation Biology and Physics Undergraduate Research Summer Program is a 10-week undergraduate research summer program designed to allow students to gain valuable full-time biomedical research experience. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in basic and translational research in the fields of radiation oncology, free radical biology, and medical physics under the mentorship of experienced research faculty while attending lectures, taking advantage of career development programming, and networking with their fellow participants.

Program Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for this program, you must meet the following criteria:

  • Be a US citizen or permanent resident.
  • Be a current bachelor’s degree-seeking student in a health sciences-related field. If you have questions about if your field of study qualifies, please email freeradicalandradiationbiology@uiowa.edu.
  • Have completed at least your sophomore year of college.
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$6,000

stipend
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10

weeks of learning and research experience
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1:1

Mentorship

Department of Radiation Oncology

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The University of Iowa Department of Radiation Oncology faculty and staff take pride in employing the most up-to-date techniques for diagnosis and treatment, advancing the field of radiation oncology through first-rate research and development, and delivering superior education and training to the next generation of clinicians.

Departmental website

 

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Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program

Learn more about the Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program, which hosts this program.

 

 

 

 

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Iowa City as a Community

Iowa City is a quintessential college town that combines a world-renowned educational and biomedical research institution with a welcoming and affordable community surrounded by the rolling hills, forests, and rivers of Eastern Iowa.

 

Events

Black Diasporic Dissolving: The Art of Performing Memory, Freedom, and Possibility promotional image

Black Diasporic Dissolving: The Art of Performing Memory, Freedom, and Possibility

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
In her book Contemporary PerforMemory: Dancing Through Spacetime, Historical Trauma and Diaspora in the 21st Century (2020), interdisciplinary scholar and artist, Professor Layla Zami coined the concept of perforMemory, both as a noun and as a verb. Drawing on interdisciplinary theory, interviews, performance analysis, and personal storytelling, and moving across geographies and historical entanglements she examines how contemporary dance-makers engage with historical traumas, corporeality and diaspora to reshape memory and imagine new futures.
In her talk, Zami will discuss selected performing and visual arts by Black diasporic artists grounded in African American, Caribbean and Afropean communities, with particular attention to women. Engaging Black Performance Studies and Sound Studies, she will examine how tropes of freedom, possibility and spacetime are (re-)negotiated through the intersections of traumatic memory and future-oriented artistic practice.

This event is also available via Zoom. (https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/99429063111?pwd=6kdfMltXh7s5t9ieDbBJJrhYKMv4Ly.1 or using the QR code in the poster)
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Application Deadline: Obermann Symposium Directorship (2027–28)

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 5:00pm
111 Church Street

Is there a burning topic in your discipline or a topic that cuts across disciplines that we should bring to campus? Is there a format for the conversation that can energize an intellectual community around that topic? That might be the perfect topic for an Obermann Symposium!

In addition to a compelling topic, we invite co-directors to propose national and international speakers who can offer richly diverse perspectives on the symposium theme. We also want to highlight the work of UI and local...

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Legal Office Hours at the Stanley with Iowa Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Are you an artist or arts organization in the University of Iowa or Iowa City community with legal questions? If so, please plan to visit the Stanley Museum of Art for Legal Office Hours with the Iowa Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (IVLA). The IVLA’s volunteer attorneys and law students will be available from 12:00 - 2:00 pm on November 4th to answer your questions and help you build your understanding of the legal environment inhabited by artists and arts organizations. We encourage you to fill...