SUMMER RESEARCHERS ACTIVITIES

2019 Summer Undergraduate Research Activities

Summer Research Runs May 28-Aug 2 | Summer research program students and NC State University students working on independent research projects may attend the events!

May 29, 2019

Wednesday

1:30-3pm

Hunt Library

Duke Energy Rooms

 Safety Orientation, Ken Kretchman

  • Basic safety information for students engaged in research and living on the campus.  Specific safety information for their research and facility to be provided by mentors.

May 29, 2019

Wednesday

3-5pm

Hunt Library

Duke Energy Rooms

 Welcome Reception for Students, Mentors, and Administrators, All students, mentors, and administrators of programs are invited.

  • Introduction of the summer programs by program directors/representative
  • Ice Breaker Activity
  • Social for students across the various programs to meet each other

June 4

Tuesday

9:30am – 11:30am

Talley 4280

Diversity Seminar/Workshop, Dr. Jamila Simpson, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Student Services

Registration Required for this event. Register for Session 1 OR Session 2

The program director will need to sign up their students OR if you are an independent NC State researcher, please contact the OUR at undergraduate-research@ncsu.edu   (max 64 per session)

June 4

Tuesday

1:30pm – 3:30pm

Talley 4280

Diversity Seminar/Workshop, Dr. Jamila Simpson, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Student Services

Registration Required for this event – The program director will need to sign up their students OR if you are an independent NC State researcher, please contact the OUR at undergraduate-research@ncsu.edu   (max 64 per session)

June 13, 2019

Thursday

9:30-11am

Talley

Room 4280

 Symposium Registration Info and Poster Training Workshop – Dr. Chris Ashwell and Annie Carlson Welch, Office of Undergraduate Research

  • Students learn how to construct a good poster, do’s and don’ts of good posters and what to expect at the Symposium.
  • Registration site for summer symposium opens at 11am and step by step registration instructions will be provided during this session

June 20, 2019

9:30 -11:00am

Riddick

Room 301

Research Ethics Seminar, David Resnik, JC, PhD, Bioethicist and IRB Chair, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH

This is a general content area session to cover misconduct (falsification, fabrication, plagiarism), data management, authorship, and mentorship.

  • Programs will need to follow-up with case studies in content areas or review other options for small group case study discussions.

June 27, 2019

Thursday

9:30-11:30a

Riddick

Room 301

 Funding Graduate School and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship  – David Shafer – Assistant Dean of the Graduate School and a panel of graduate students.

  • Students will learn about applying for graduate school and the NSF GF
  • Students will be able to ask the panel questions

Tuesday

July 16, 2019

Noon (12p)

 Deadline for student registration and abstract submission for Summer Symposium – Mentors MUST approve the abstract by the deadline in order for students to present and be included in abstract books. http://go.ncsu.edu/symposiumposterprinting

Thursday

August 1, 2019

Time 9:30a-12:30p

Talley Ballroom – Talley Student Union

 NC State University Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

  • Student Check In Opens at 8:45a for all presenters
  • Sessions  – Two Sessions of Posters ONLY concurrent with two sessions of Art, Design and Textiles Exhibits
  • Session numbers randomly assigned by registration system – unable to accommodate requests for specific session times.