Workshops and Research Skills

Workshop Series

URECA collaborates with the Career Center on the Conquer Your Research Journey Series

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Other Opportunities

Giving A Presentation/Talk

*Talk to members of your lab for tips on putting together a poster (styles may vary). Here are some useful links/tutorials on the subject:

Betterposters Tips
Poster Templates
NC State U: Creating Effective Poster Presentations
U. of Pittsburgh Natural Sci.Undergraduate Research, "Guidelines for Poster Preparation"
Designing Conference Posters

Please consult your faculty mentor about poster printing options in your department. You may wish to use the poster printing services at the Institute for STEM Education (in Life Sciences).

 Oral Presentation Tips (University of Virginia)

U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill- Writing Center- on writing Abstracts  

Consult classic works such as Edward Tufte's Envisioning Information and/or The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (Graphics Press). Also recommended, Scientific Papers and Presentations by Martha Davis (Academic Press, 1997); Scientific Papers and Presentations  by Michael Alley (Springer Science, 2003); and The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science by Scott Montgomery (University of Chicago Press, 2003).