The Undergraduate Research Network
The Undergraduate Research Network’s Research Week
March 31 – April 4
Fireside Chat
Please join the Undergraduate Research Network for the Fireside Chats during Research Week!
Humanity professors on Monday and Social Science professor on Tuesday will be at Clark Library from 5:30-6:30pm to discuss their experience with research and share their insight into undergraduate research work. This is a great opportunity to talk with engaging professors in an intimate setting.
**For more information, please contact Meg Barry at megebarry@gmail.com
Coffee Hour with Grad Students
On Thursday April 3rd from 3-4pm in the Kaleidescope room of Newcomb Hall join us for a graduate/undergraduate coffee hour to discuss graduate students' experience at UVA. You can learn first hand about graduate work and research at UVA.
**For more information, please contact Meg Barry at megebarry@gmail.com
Workshops
I) What: URN’s “How to Get Involved in Research” Workshops
When: HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCES: 6-7 pm, Monday, March 31st
NATURAL SCIENCES: 6-7 pm, Tuesday, April 1st
Where: Clark 102
What: Want to do research but don’t know where to start? Come and find out how to get involved! Humanities/social sciences workshop on Monday, and natural sciences workshop on Tuesday.
**For more information, please contact Rob at rhs2z@virginia.edu.
II) What: URN’s “How to Make an Effective Research Poster”
When: Wednesday, April 2
Where: Clark G004
What: Learn from experienced individuals how to make a research poster that looks both attractive and makes your research comprehensible to others—a skill that’s easier said than done!
**For more information, please contact Rob at rhs2z@virginia.edu.
Oculus Unveiling
What: Come see the unveiling of the 2008 Spring edition of The Oculus: The Virginia Journal of Undergraduate Research! Research in many fields, including public health, philosophy, physics, and English, are included. What’s more, it is research conducted by undergraduates! You can get a copy of the journal (free) and enjoy some refreshments while mingling with the authors and Oculus staff.
When: Thursday, April 3, Time TBA
Where: Clark, TBA
**For more information, please contact Vincent Zimmerman at zimmernv@gmail.com
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Come see undergrads present their research!
When: April 4th, 2008 - all day
Where: Byrd room in Harrison Special Collections Library
**For more information contact: Caryl Huynh at ch5cc@virginia.edu or Upasana Bhattacharya at ub2d@virginia.edu
URN Reception
Research Week will end with a reception for undergraduates and faculty to celebrate the 2007-2008 year of undergraduates’ success in research
URN Spring 2008 Symposium Application Now Available
The Undergraduate Research Symposium, hosted by the Undergraduate Research Network (URN), is a forum which provides students with the opportunity to present their research to a responsive audience of peers, faculty, and mentors and is the culmination of the University-wide Research Week that is held in April. The Symposium is held in the Fall as well as the Spring semesters. The Spring Symposium 2008 will be held on April 4th in the Byrd Room in the Special Collections Library.
Undergraduate students from all disciplines and from all schools at the University of Virginia are invited to apply to give a 12-15 minute research presentation to an audience of peers. A panel of faculty members will evaluate the presentations, ask questions pertaining to the research and provide feedback. Download the application here.
After the first reading of applications, URN will invite applicants to give a 15 minute PowerPoint/Oral trial presentation. URN will then make final selections based on the quality of the research and the clarity of the presentation. Finalists will be invited to present their research at the Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium on Friday, April 04th, 2008.
Questions? Comments? Please contact Caryl Huynh at ch5cc@virginia.edu or Upasana Bhattacharya at ub2d@virginia.edu
Click here for the application.
Announcing Spring 2008 General Body Members
Rebecca Sargeant rlsar37@virginia.edu
Katie Schretter ces7z@virginia.edu
Sara Sadiq Ali sgs8k@virginia.edu
Max Friedfeld mrf3r@virginia.edu
Benjamin Andrew bwa5z@virginia.edu
Dmitry Tumin dt2g@virginia.edu
Anthony Bradshaw amb3th@virginia.edu
Elizabeth Bendycki eab8d@virginia.edu
Katherine Lubarsky kel6m@virginia.edu
URN Faculty Mentor Award
Nominate your research mentor for the URN Faculty Mentor Award. This award will recognize your faculty mentor for the outstanding guidance he or she has given you throughout your research pursuits. Deadline for submission: Wednesday, February 27th. Applicants will be notified of results in March. The public announcement of the award’s recipient will be made at URN’s Research Week Reception on April 4th. Both the faculty mentor and student who nominated him or her will be invited to the reception. Please submit the nomination form to cms9dd@virginia.edu. You can send lengthy responses in a separate Word document. Click here for the application.
Mimicking War Presentation
This Friday from 12:30-2:15 pm at the Miller Center, Oxford professor Desmond King will present his paper, "Mimicking War: How the Modern American State Grew at Home", followed by a Q&A session. His paper is available on www.millercenter.org/academic/gage. His abstract is below. Please RSVP to snh4h@virginia.edu. Lunch will be served. Directions: take the blue route toward North Grounds and get off at the Faulkner bus stop (after all the U Hall stops).
Mimicking War: How the Modern American State Grew at Home
This project investigates the growth of the national American State since the early twentieth century asking, how has a polity whose constitution is designed to prevent a National State developed into an activist and interventionist institution in a range of policy areas? This activism is bipartisan as both political parties engage equally in expansive national state activity; consequently the American State's policies have become a significant source of division for Americans. In the paper I argue that two key sources of this expanded activism are first the routinized use of 'war making' metaphors to justify major expansionary initiatives and second, relatedly, the role of the American State as an agent of national standardization, a key function of modern states.
CLAS Research Grant Applications Now Available
Sponsored by: the Arts and Sciences Council and the Undergraduate Research Network
Looking for money to do research? The CLAS Research Grant will give 5 students in the College $1500 each to conduct research on any topic of their choice. Applications are due on February 22, 2008 electronically to clasgrants@gmail.com. All applicants must have a faculty mentor. Questions? Email clasgrants@gmail.com. Please download the application here.
URN Interest Meeting
Interested in learning about the Undergraduate Research Network (URN) and how to get involved? Come to an interest meeting on Thursday, January 31, 2008 in Chemistry 402 at 6 pm. We will discuss what the organization is all about and how you can participate. To become a general body member, fill out an application available on the URN webpage (http://www.virginia.edu/cue/urn/) and email it by Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 midnight (12am) to the Membership Chair at si4p@virginia.edu. -URN executive board
ACC Research Conference
ACC Research Conference Website
April 18-19, 2008
Hosted by Florida State University
Deadline for submissions: 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 8
The 3rd annual undergraduate research conference of ACC schools encourages participation by undergraduate students from all research areas, including visual and performing arts. To apply to be a U.Va. representative, please e-mail Lucy Russell (lsr2n@virginia.edu) an abstract of your work and resume with contact information. Some applicants will be invited to give a 15 minute presentation on February 12. Students chosen to represent U.Va. will be notified on February 14.
URN General Body Application Now Available
The Undergraduate Research Network is now accepting applications for General Body positions in Spring 2008. A select number of students will be chosen to attend biweekly Executive meetings to help plan URN programs and develop new initiatives. Applications are due by midnight on Saturday, Feb. 2 to the Membership Chair at si4p@virginia.edu. Please download the application here.
Welcome Back! Spring 2008
Welcome back to another exciting year of research at the University of Virginia. We have been working had preparing for this upcoming semester, so please look over our schedule of events on our calendar page.
New! URN's Google Calendar
The URN now has a Google Calendar that you can use to view upcoming URN events. Click here to view it. If you use Google Calendar, Outlook, or iCal, you can subscribe to this calendar and have it integrated with yours. For more instructions on synchronizing it with your calendar, please click here.
New URN Executive Board For 2008
After a thorough application process, the new URN Executive Board has been selected for the 2008 year. Please welcome the following members on the new exec board:
Chair: Courtney Schroeder, cms9dd@virginia.edu
Oculus Editor: Vincent Zimmerman, vez3f@virginia.edu
Outreach Co-Chairs: DJ Lick and Meg Barry, djl9c@virginia.edu and meb4sa@virginia.edu
Symposium Co-Chairs: Upasana Bhattacharya and Caryl Huynh, ub2d@virginia.edu and ch5cc@virginia.edu
Technology Chair: Joanne Tu, jt6ek@virginia.edu
Workshops Chair: Rob Smithson, rhs2z@virginia.edu
Membership Chair: Sundas Idrees, si4p@virginia.edu
URN IMPORTANT DATES – SPRING 2008:
WORKSHOPS:
• Tuesday, February 5th, 5pm: How to Find Funding for your Research
• Monday, February 25th, 5pm: How to Write an Effective Research Paper
• Monday, March 17th, 5pm: How to Give an Effective Presentation
• Monday/Tuesday March 31/April 1st, 4pm: How to Get Involved in Research
• Monday, April 14th, 5pm: How to Get Involved in Research, Sciences and Humanities
• Monday, April 21st, Navigate UVA’s Institutional Review Board (IRB)
SYMPOSIUM TIMELINE:
• Sunday, January 27: E-mails to faculty members to be on judging panel
• Wednesday/Thursday, February 27th/28th : Pre-applications workshop/info session<
• Wednesday, February 27th: Applications and rubric for URN Symposium up on website
• Friday, March 14th: Applications submission deadline 11:59pm
• Sunday, March 16th: Applicants notified
• Monday, March 17th: How to give an effective presentation workshop
• Thursday-Sunday, March 20th-23rd: Trial presentations
• Tuesday, March 25th: Applicants notified of outcome
• Thursday & Sunday, March 27th and 30th: Peer-editing workshop
• Sunday – Thursday, March 23rd – April 3rd: Arrangement for logistics of the symposium
• Tuesday, April 1st: Reminder e-mails
• Friday, April 4: Symposium and Judging
RESEARCH WEEK:
• Monday, March 24- Begin Advertising for Research Week
• Monday March 31, 4 pm - How to Get Involved in Research (Humanities)
• Monday March 31, 5 pm – Fireside Chat (Humanities)
• Tuesday, April 1st, 4 pm - How to Get Involved in Research (Science/Social Science)
• Tuesday April 1st, 5 pm – Fireside Chat (Science/Social Science)
• Wednesday April 2nd – Harrison Poster Session?
• Wednesday April 2nd – URN/ASC Banquet?
• Thursday April 3rd, time TBA – Grad/Undergrad Research Mixer?
• Thursday April 3rd, time TBA – Oculus Unveiling?
• Friday April 4th, time TBA – Symposium & Judging
• Friday, April 4th—URN Mentor award recipient announced
• Friday April 4th – Boar’s Head Inn Dinner?
OCULUS TIMELINE:
• Monday, February 5: Deadline for submissions
• TBA: Oculus Unveiling *Meeting times TBA
CLAS RESEARCH GRANTS TIMELINE:
• Friday, January 18 - Friday, February 22: Publicizing the grants
• Friday, February 22: Grant applications and recommendations due by 11:59 PM to clasgrants@gmail.com
• By Friday, February 29: Turn in applications to professors and e-mail out to grant committee
• Friday, February 29-Friday, March 14: judging by professors and individual committee members
• Saturday, March 15: In person judging meeting, final decisions made
• Monday, March 17: Winners announced
• Sunday, March 30: ASC/URN Banquet for Award recipients
URN MENTOR AWARD TIMELINE:
• Wednesday, February 6: applications available
• Wednesday, February 27: applications due
• Tuesday, April 1: winner announced
• Friday, April 4: winner honored at dinner