24th Annual Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium (UROC) Poster Session and Closing Ceremony

By Donna Treloar, Graduate College
July 24, 2019
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Subject: 24th Annual Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium (UROC) Poster Session and Closing Ceremony
Date: Jul 24, 2019

The University of Arizona community is cordially invited to attend the 24th Annual Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium (UROC) Poster Session and Closing Ceremony.

Monday August 5, 2019

Poster Session
Student Union Memorial Center – North Ballroom
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Closing Ceremony
Student Union Memorial Center – South Ballroom
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Keynote Speaker
Desiree Vega, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of School Psychology

The 24th Annual UROC Research Conference and Poster Session features exciting projects by 180 graduate school-bound undergraduate students from schools across the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Latin America. These outstanding scholars participated in a 10-week intensive summer research experience under the supervision of a UA faculty mentor and conducted research in the sciences, social sciences, engineering, education, and humanities.  UROC scholars also participated in graduate admissions, funding and presentation skills workshops in preparation for admission to top graduate programs.  UROC recruits scholars based on high academic achievement and desire to pursue graduate education. The UROC poster session is an excellent opportunity to support undergraduate research and recruit top students for UA master's and Ph.D. programs.

Twelve UROC research programs are participating and posters will be arranged by program: Summer Research Institute (SRI); Ronald E. McNair Program (McNair); UROC-PREP; Access, Wellness, and Relational Determinants of School Success (AWARDSS); Minimizing Health Disparities (MHD); Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC); Integrated Optics for Undergraduates-Native American Program (IOU-NA); Biosphere 2 REU (B2); and ECE – Cat Vehicle. Guest programs include ECE-Cognitive and High Frequency Long Range Communications, Border Latino and American Indian Summer Exposure to Research (BLAISER), Focusing Research on the Border Area (FRONTERA), the Research Mentoring Program, and Kaust Gifted Student Program.

The event is free and open to the public. Please join us!
grad.arizona.edu/UROC

Questions? Contact Victoria Juvera, victoriajuvera@email.arizona.edu, 621-9223.

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