News
Upcoming Events & Deadlines
2024
March 8 - application deadline for all URECA summer programs
March 15 - deadline for SUNY SOAR - summer research opportunity for first-generation students or those with financial need
January 24- Scharps Legal Essay contest deadline - See Awards, Division of Undergraduate Education
2023
December 4 - 7 pm - Velay Fellowship Information Session (zoom) with Dr. Nagan and Karen Kernan - Find out more about this exciting summer research opportunity!
August - Read about SUNY SOAR - new program funded through Chancellor's Research Excellence Fund
August 4 - Summer Symposium - 10-11:30 AM - UNION Ballroom - featuring students in Bio-PREP, Explorations in STEM, INDUCER, REU programs (REU Chemistry, REU Nanotechnology for Health Energy & the Environment; REU Physics; Data + Computing =Discovery!), SUNY SOAR, & Velay Fellowship programs - Index of Presentations
May - Read about the URECA Celebration & VIP inaugural showcase: Student Research Showcased in URECA/VIP Symposium
URECA ART show at Zuccaire Gallery - April 22nd through May 12th
Congratulations to Justin Chan, a graduating senior in the Honors College majoring
in political science, and this year's 2nd place winner of the SUNY-wide Benjamin and
David Scharps Award legal essay contest!
March 31 - Congratulations to Andrew Bae (Mentor: Dr. Susu Xu, Civil Engineering,
Computer Science) and Sarah Gunasekera (Mentor: Dr. Carlos Simmerling, Chemistry),
two Stony Brook Honors College students who have participated in URECA and have been
recognized nationally as 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholars! Read more here.
March 29 - Applications due for Scharps Legal Essay Competition. Topic:The Planet Protectors Protest. First and second prize awards of $1,500 and $1,000. Open to juniors and seniors who are interested in legal issues or in pursuing a career in the legal field. For more information, please see https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/due/awards.php.
Wednesday, February 15 - 1:15- 2pm - URECA / Career Center Information Session on Explorations in STEM summer program opportunity. Stony Brook , Suite 111-02 (Conference Room).
Louis Leon was selected to receive the 2023 Jane & Armando Jannelli-URECA award of $1,000 to
support his research project, "Aesthetics and Business Ethics: Impact on Leadership, Branding, Firm’s Morale" which will be carried out under the supervision of Prof. Jadranka Skorin-Kapov (College
of Business). This award is generously sponsored to facilitate research projects at
the intersection of Business and Philosophy.
2022
Take a look at this SoMAS project/storymap supported by URECA: "Public Perceptions of the Hudson River: A Story Map of Aesthetics and Values"
MAY 3 - the URECA CELEBRATION is back to an in person format! All are welcome to celebrate the faculty-mentored research projects, and undergraduate
artwork, displayed at URECA's Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity! For more information on the poster sessions (9-11, 1-3), departmental talks, Art
show, Honors College and USG collaborative events, please view the URECA Celebration
Schedule.
29 April - Congratulations to Benjamin Joffe and Justin Chan -1st and 2nd place winners
($1500, $1000) of the Benjamin and David Scharps Award legal essay contest!
March 30 - Applications due for Scharps Legal Essay Competition. Topic: Hooligans at the Courthouse Door. First and second prize awards of $1,500
and $1,000. Open to juniors and seniors who are interested in legal issues or in pursuing
a career in the legal field. For more information, please see https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/due/awards.php.
2021
News from Ecology & Evolution. Working with postdoc Dr. Gena Sbeglia and Dr. Ross
Nehm (Ecology & Evolution), former URECA participants Justin Goodridge and Lucy Gordon
(who had presented in the 2019 URECA Celebration) finished their 3-year research study,
which was just published in a high-impact journalCBE-Life Sciences Education, Vol.
20, No. 3.: https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.20-11-0259 The work uses quantitative simulations to examine how to best measure faculty teaching
behaviors in biology, and how existing inferences are likely biased. The work has
important implications for studying how institutions measure progress in evidence-based
learning. Congratulations to Justin and Lucy!
August 6 - Summer Symposium (virtual)
10:00 am to 12 noon ET.
Featuring student participants in Biology Explorations, BioPrep, Data + Computing
= Discovery, INDUCER, PSEG Explorations in STEM, REU Big Data, AI & Medical Informatics,
REU Chemistry, REU Nanotechnology for Health Energy and the Environment, REU Physics
& Astronomy.
May 5 - URECA Celebration (virtual)
Link to poster exhibits
Congratulations to the 3 finalists for the Stony Brook Sigma Xi chapter Undergraduate Research award. Lexin Chen (Biochemistry major) was awarded the top $500 prize for her research presentation. Sydney Sirota (Biochemistry major) and Fnu Karan Kumar (Physics, Applied Math majors) were awarded $200 prizes in the amounts of $200 and $100, respectively, for their research presentations.
April - Congratulations to Neomi Lewis and Erika Nemeth - recipients of the 2021 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence (CASE):
2020
August - Coming Back Safe & Strong Update 8/28/20 update : Undergraduate participation
in research remains remote, but PIs can propose in-person presence, on a case-by-case
basis, which Chairs and Deans would then need to approve.
July 31 - Virtual Summer Research Symposium - 9 am - 12 noon
*organized by the Center for Inclusive Education (CIE) and Undergraduate Research
& Creative Activities (URECA), showcasing the work of undergraduate students participating
in department sponsored summer programs including PSEG Explorations in STEM, REU Nanotechnology
for Health, Energy & the Environment, and REU Physics
Schedule of presentations--see >>
May - URECA hosts first virtual poster symposium
Congratulations to all 3 finalists for the Stony Brook Sigma Xi chapter Undergraduate Research award. Jesse Pace was awarded the top $500 prize for his research presentation. Claire Garfield and Jessica Vilas-Boas were each awarded $200 prizes for their research presentations.
April - Congratulations to Kiran Eiden and Audrey Farrell on their NSF-GRFP fellowships!
March- Goldwater Scholarship announcement: Congratulations to Erika Nemeth, 2020 Goldwater Scholar!
2019
November - Aria Tsagai-Moore wins poster presentation prize at ABRCMS 2019!
October - Rumana Rahman (one of 3 students whose summer research was sponsored by the Sass
Foundation -
Arena Scholars award) attends Sass Foundation Breast Cancer Research breakfast in
Uniondale NY.
September - Katherine Alanya, Arlene Alvarez, Elinor Coats, Samuel Escobar, Marjan Halimi,
Sara Kudi, Gerard Miles, Ethan Mulle, Jihu Mun, Erika Nemeth, Dilsa Perez, Taylor
Pressley, Dawid Stepnowski, Jessica Vilas-Boas, and Anh Vo showcased their summer
research at Stony Brook's CommUniversity event on Saturday, September 21! Thanks to
all our volunteers!
April - The Stony Brook Chapter of Sigma Xi awards the 2019 Undergraduate Research Award to 3 finalists : Ryan Kawalerski, Rideeta Raquib, and Lee Ann Santore.
Each student will receive a plaque in recognition of their significant achievements
in undergraduate research while a student at Stony Brook University. In addition,
in recognition of his masterful presentation at the URECA poster symposium, Mr. Kawalerski
will be awarded a $500 prize. The committee also recognized the quality of the presentations
made by Ms. Raquib and Ms. Santore, who will each be awarded a $100 cash prize.
Girl Power in STEM:Think equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change - a symposium sponsored by BNL & WISE on Saturday March 9. More information>> here
2018
November - Jessica Vilas-Boas and Gabrielle Paniccia receive poster awards for their presentations at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
iGEM team wins Gold Medal at iGEM Jamboree competition!
September - Amelia Camino, Emily Costa , Avery Mack, Marisa Petrusky (Explorations in STEM); Jessica Vilas-Boas (IMSD-MERGE), Doreen Dadson (INDUCER); Karthik Ledalla, Lukas Velikov (Explorations in STEM & iGEM); & Priya Aggarwal, Stephanie Budhan , Sara Vincent (iGEM) - all participants in summer 2018 research experiences - showcased
their research at Stony Brook's CommUniversity event on Saturday September 22!
April - Ann Lin and Omar Zainul are named co-recipients of the Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research
Award!New opportunity for rising juniors/seniors majoring in Mathematics. Learn more
here.
URECA is proud to be a collaborative partner of the Summer Math Enhanced REU Scholarship
program and encourages eligible Mathematics majors to apply!
SURC 2018 - call for proposals for SURC/SUNY Undergraduate Research conference. More
information here.