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2021 

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 majr) 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): 

March 15 - URECA Summer applications due

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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.