News
Upcoming Events & Deadlines
2021
March 15 - URECA Summer applications due
May 5 - URECA Celebration (virtual)
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.