News
Upcoming Events & Deadlines
2024
August 2 - Summer Symposium-*features student research from BioPREP, Explorations in STEM, INDUCER, SUNY SOAR,
REU, URECA, and Velay Fellowship summer programs
*Index of posters
May- Read about the URECA Symposium & VIP Showcase
March 31- deadline for SUNY SOAR - summer research opportunity for first-generation students or those with financial need
March 8 - application deadline for all URECA summer programs
January 24- Scharps Legal Essay contest deadline - See Awards, Division of Undergraduate Education
2023
December 4 - 7 pm - Velay Fellowship Information Session (zoom) with Dr. Nagan and Karen Kernan - Find out more about this exciting summer research opportunity!
August - Read about SUNY SOAR - new program funded through Chancellor's Research Excellence Fund
August 4 - Summer Symposium - 10-11:30 AM - UNION Ballroom - featuring students in Bio-PREP, Explorations in STEM, INDUCER, REU programs (REU Chemistry, REU Nanotechnology for Health Energy & the Environment; REU Physics; Data + Computing =Discovery!), SUNY SOAR, & Velay Fellowship programs - Index of Presentations
May - Read about the URECA Celebration & VIP inaugural showcase: Student Research Showcased in URECA/VIP Symposium
URECA ART show at Zuccaire Gallery - April 22nd through May 12th
Congratulations to Justin Chan, a graduating senior in the Honors College majoring
in political science, and this year's 2nd place winner of the SUNY-wide Benjamin and
David Scharps Award legal essay contest!
March 31 - Congratulations to Andrew Bae (Mentor: Dr. Susu Xu, Civil Engineering,
Computer Science) and Sarah Gunasekera (Mentor: Dr. Carlos Simmerling, Chemistry),
two Stony Brook Honors College students who have participated in URECA and have been
recognized nationally as 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholars! Read more here.
March 29 - Applications due for Scharps Legal Essay Competition. Topic:The Planet Protectors Protest. First and second prize awards of $1,500 and $1,000. Open to juniors and seniors who are interested in legal issues or in pursuing a career in the legal field. For more information, please see https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/due/awards.php.
Wednesday, February 15 - 1:15- 2pm - URECA / Career Center Information Session on Explorations in STEM summer program opportunity. Stony Brook , Suite 111-02 (Conference Room).
Louis Leon was selected to receive the 2023 Jane & Armando Jannelli-URECA award of $1,000 to
support his research project, "Aesthetics and Business Ethics: Impact on Leadership, Branding, Firm’s Morale" which will be carried out under the supervision of Prof. Jadranka Skorin-Kapov (College
of Business). This award is generously sponsored to facilitate research projects at
the intersection of Business and Philosophy.
2022
Take a look at this SoMAS project/storymap supported by URECA: "Public Perceptions of the Hudson River: A Story Map of Aesthetics and Values"
MAY 3 - the URECA CELEBRATION is back to an in person format! All are welcome to celebrate the faculty-mentored research projects, and undergraduate
artwork, displayed at URECA's Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity! For more information on the poster sessions (9-11, 1-3), departmental talks, Art
show, Honors College and USG collaborative events, please view the URECA Celebration
Schedule.
29 April - Congratulations to Benjamin Joffe and Justin Chan -1st and 2nd place winners
($1500, $1000) of the Benjamin and David Scharps Award legal essay contest!
March 30 - Applications due for Scharps Legal Essay Competition. Topic: Hooligans at the Courthouse Door. First and second prize awards of $1,500
and $1,000. Open to juniors and seniors who are interested in legal issues or in pursuing
a career in the legal field. For more information, please see https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/due/awards.php.
2021
News from Ecology & Evolution. Working with postdoc Dr. Gena Sbeglia and Dr. Ross
Nehm (Ecology & Evolution), former URECA participants Justin Goodridge and Lucy Gordon
(who had presented in the 2019 URECA Celebration) finished their 3-year research study,
which was just published in a high-impact journalCBE-Life Sciences Education, Vol.
20, No. 3.: https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.20-11-0259 The work uses quantitative simulations to examine how to best measure faculty teaching
behaviors in biology, and how existing inferences are likely biased. The work has
important implications for studying how institutions measure progress in evidence-based
learning. Congratulations to Justin and Lucy!
August 6 - Summer Symposium (virtual)
10:00 am to 12 noon ET.
Featuring student participants in Biology Explorations, BioPrep, Data + Computing
= Discovery, INDUCER, PSEG Explorations in STEM, REU Big Data, AI & Medical Informatics,
REU Chemistry, REU Nanotechnology for Health Energy and the Environment, REU Physics
& Astronomy.
May 5 - URECA Celebration (virtual)
Link to poster exhibits
Congratulations to the 3 finalists for the Stony Brook Sigma Xi chapter Undergraduate Research award. Lexin Chen (Biochemistry major) was awarded the top $500 prize for her research presentation. Sydney Sirota (Biochemistry major) and Fnu Karan Kumar (Physics, Applied Math majors) were awarded $200 prizes in the amounts of $200 and $100, respectively, for their research presentations.
April - Congratulations to Neomi Lewis and Erika Nemeth - recipients of the 2021 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence (CASE):