2020 Summer Undergraduate Research Activities
Summer Research Runs May 16-Aug 1 and varies by program | Summer research program students and NC State University students working on independent research projects may attend the events!
This table will be updated as events for summer 2020 are finalized.
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May 27, 2020 Wednesday 1:00-2:30p Hunt Library Duke Energy Rooms |
Safety Orientation: Ken Kretchman, Director, Environmental Health and Safety ● Basic safety information for students engaged in research and living on the campus. Specific safety information, if required, for their research and facility to be provided by mentors. |
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May 27, 2020 Wednesday 2:30-5p Hunt Library Duke Energy Rooms |
Welcome Reception for Students, Mentors, and Administrators: All students, mentors, and administrators of programs and individual student researchers 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 |
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June 4, 2020 Thursday 9:30-11:30a Talley Room 4280
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Diversity Seminar/Workshop – Session 1: 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 40 this session) |
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June 4, 2020 Thursday 12:00-2:00p Talley Room 3210
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Diversity Seminar/Workshop – Session 2: 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 40 this session) |
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June 4, 2020 Thursday 2:30-4:30p Talley Room 3210
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Diversity Seminar/Workshop – Session 3: 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 40 this session) |
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June TBD Tuesday or Thursday
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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. |
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June 23 Tuesday 9:30-10:30m Location TBD |
Funding Graduate School and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Courtney Hughes, Director of the University Fellowships Office and a panel of NSF GRP recipient graduate students. ● Students will learn about applying for graduate school and the NSF GF ● Students will be able to ask the panel questions |
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June 18, 2020 Thursday 9:30a-12p Location TBD |
Symposium Registration Info and Poster Training Workshop: Dr. Chris Ashwell, Director of the 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 12p and step by step registration instructions will be provided during this session |
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July 16, 2020 Thursday 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 |
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Thursday July 30 2020 TBD Talley Ballroom – Talley Student Union |
NC State Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium ● Student Check In for all posters/presenters – Time TBD ● Sessions – Two Sessions of Posters ONLY Session numbers randomly assigned by registration system – unable to accommodate requests for specific session times. |