The Undergraduate Research Symposium is a forum to showcase independent research undertaken by undergraduate students at UIC and is in association with UIC student research forum.  This is a student-run and organized event which continues to receive strong support from the UIC Office of the Dean, the UIC Honors College, the UIC student government and the UIC chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.  Typically 60-80 poster presentations are presented at this event on a wide variety of topics in the arts and sciences.  Faculty and alumni judges rate the quality of the presentations and award prizes in three categories – Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Humanities/Social Science/Business Practices.

The Student Research Forum (2008) will be held on Friday, April 18.  The day will begin one or two hours before noon and will continue throughout the day.  Students who submit abstracts will be competing for hundreds of dollars in awards and are expected to give a 10-minute poster presentation to judges consisting of UIC faculty and alumni (we supply the 4'x8' posterboard (not poster sheets), click here to see the board).  The prizes will be awarded after the keynote is delivered and before the ceremonial dinner.