The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) will be holding a “Getting Started in Research Workshop,” to be held on April 26, 2017. During this workshop, we will discuss the various forms undergraduate research that take place on campus, guide students to develop a plan of action to locate research opportunities on campus, and discuss ways to contact faculty research mentors. Students will leave the workshop with (1) a better understanding of undergraduate research and how it takes place on our campus, (2) increased confidence to contact faculty research mentors, and (3) a list of faculty mentors to contact.
To participate in this workshop, students MUST (1) register in advance (by Wednesday April 24th at 11:59pm), and (2) bring either a laptop computer or tablet device to the workshop. The workshop is limited to the first 50 applicants, we will contact you by Thursday, April 25th to notify you if you were one of the first 50.
Registration is available at:
https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/9698498
Time: Wednesday April 26th, 2017 from 3:00 - 4:30pm
Location: Gregory Hall, Room 319
For those of you interested but are/were unable to attend these workshops, we encourage you to follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ugresearch_ui and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UGResearchIllinois/ and subscribe to our blog: https://blogs.illinois.edu/publicSubscribe?blogId=6204 as this is where we will announce future opportunities.
