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Upcoming Events & Deadlines
May 6 -
URECA undergraduate research symposium - virtual poster symposium
2020
July 31 - Virtual Summer Research Symposium - 9 am - 12 noon
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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!
Pictured adjacent are Amelia Camino, Emily Costa and Doreen Dadson with President
Stanley.
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.
2017
April - Evelyn Kandov announced as winner of the 2017 Stony Brook chapter Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award. Congratulations also to the Joshua Farr and Jonathan Millings, Finalists for the award.
Congratulations to Christopher Giuliano and Ann Lin (URECA 16 participant) -both named 2017 GOLDWATER SCHOLARS! More here >>
March - Sarah Eller wins first place in the Benjamin Scharps and David Scharps SUNY Legal essay competition.