Annual WMF Research Symposium
2021 WISER|MURE|FURP Research Symposium
Day: November, 14th 2022
Time: TBD (but likely 5-7 pm)
Location: Steidle Building
Presentation Format: We are planning to hold this event in person. Students will present lightning talks (see below); ~3 slides (research questions, methods, preliminary results), 2-3 minute time limit, question and answer session following every 5 talks.
Virtual: This event will be held in-person but we will provide an zoom link for any friends/family that wish to view the event virtually.
*Note participating 2022 students. We will email you a link to use to upload your lightning talk in early November.
Overview
We will be holding the 4th annual WISER/MURE/FURP Undergraduate Research Symposium this fall. This is a great opportunity for students to showcase their research, interact with faculty, staff, and other program participants, and hear a keynote talk from a past program participant. We will adopt a virtual format for student presentations. We ask that students prepare a lightning talk on their research.
What is a lightning talk?
A lightning talk is a short presentation that highlights a research project. For the symposium students should prepare ~3 Power Point slides that will be presented via zoom (live) with a 2 minute time limit. Talks should focus on providing short concise statements on research questions and their importance, methods, and results/preliminary results. Following a group of student talks, we will have a short question/answer session.
How do you make a lightning talk?
Lightning talk workshop for 2022 WMF cohort students: TBD but it will be in early November.
Format: virtual via Zoom *attendance is optional but highly encouraged!
*details and registration information will be emailed to all 2022 cohort WMF Students in October.
Space Grant will host a virtual workshop on how to organize, create, and present a lightning talk (see below for details). Students are asked to prepare a ‘rough draft’ of slides prior to the workshop. Following the workshop students will complete their talks and practice to ensure the length fits within the strict time limit. Note: all talks need to be uploaded to a folder (we will provide a link via email) a few days prior to the event so that we can organize in preparation for the symposium.
Questions? Please reach out to Erin DiMaggio (dimaggio@psu.edu) or Allison Beese (amb961@psu.edu)
WMF Virtual Research Symposium Recordings
If you would like to watch a recording of past virtual symposium events, you can do so using the following links. A password is required to view. To request access please email dimaggio@psu.edu or spacegrant@psu.edu.
Photos from the 2018 WISER|MURE|FURP
