The eighth annual Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium is scheduled for Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Chicago Hotel, and preparations for the Symposium are currently underway. Student presenter registration will remain open through February, however students are highly encouraged to register early. Please check back soon for more updates on this year’s Symposium!
Poster Presentations
All symposium participants present their research with a poster. Posters can be printed or assembled, and should be approximately four feet wide by three feet tall and readable from at least three feet away. The presentation title must be at least two inches high, and the name(s) of the student author(s), faculty advisor, any co-authors, and departmental and institutional affiliations must be on the poster as well. CAURS reserves the right to cancel a presenter's poster presentation if the above requirements are not met. Presenters must be available to discuss their displays during their assigned poster session.
Oral Presentations
A number of participants who indicate interest in giving an oral presentation at the Symposium on their registration forms will be invited to do so. Oral presentations are 10 minutes in length with an 2 additional minutes for a question-and-answer period. Powerpoint or Keynote may be used. Speakers who are invited to give oral talks should make arrangements with the CAURS Board to make sure their presentation formats will work. Speakers are highly encouraged to arrive early to the event to confirm that all A/V materials are compatible and working for their specific presentation.
Due to space limitations, only a limited number of students requesting to give oral talks will be invited to do so. Presentations will be chosen based on the quality of the abstract and research, and on variety from the perspective of the entire event and highlighting work from each participating institution.
Roundtable Discussions and Networking Session
In addition to poster sessions and oral talks, CAURS also features a dedicated time for poster-viewing (without judging), informal roundtable discussions, and networking. The poster-viewing time gives students the opportunity to relax from the day's events and to network with other undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. The roundtable discussions feature numerous representatives from sponsor schools' career services offices, professional societies, and industry; while the networking session features admissions representatives from various graduate and professional school programs and representatives from our corporate sponsors.
If your organization is interested in setting up a table to meet with and recruit students at the roundtables or networking session, please contact Stephen Xue at xue@uchicago.edu.
Student Observers
Students who are not presenting at CAURS but are interested in attending and observing the poster and oral presentations at the Symposium are encouraged to do so. Being a student observer gives those who are unable to present but are interested in academic research or the Symposium the opportunity to experience CAURS and to discover the wide breath and depth of research being conducted by their peers. In addition to exploring the work of other undergraduates in Chicago, student observers at CAURS will also have the opportunity to participate in the roundtable discussions and networking session with industry and graduate and professional school recruiters. Students interested in observing research at CAURS should register as Student Observers.
CAURS 2012 Schedule of Events
9:30 AM: Opening Address
10:00 AM-12:30 PM: Morning Oral Presentations
10:00-11:00AM : Morning Poster Session 1
11:00-11:30 AM: Break/Poster-Viewing (no judging)
11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Morning Poster Session 2
12:30-1:30 PM: Lunch
1:30-2:30 PM: Networking Session and Roundtable Discussions
2:30-5:00 PM: Afternoon Oral Presentations
2:30-3:30 PM: Afternoon Poster Session 1
3:30-4:00 PM: Break/Poster-Viewing (no judging)
4:00-5:00 PM: Afternoon Poster Session 2
5:30 PM: Keynote Address, Dinner, and Awards Ceremony
