UCUR Presenter Resources
Poster Presentations
Presentations should be aimed at a general audience — the UCUR is an opportunity for students to communicate their research to an audience from a broad range of backgrounds.
Include your institution's logo.
Proper attribution: Scholarly presentations (poster, oral, creative or otherwise) should include proper attribution. This means inclusion of co-authors (order agreed upon by co-authors) and/or include an acknowledgement section to recognize those who have supported the project (i.e., funders, people, etc). If students are unsure about attribution (authorship or acknowledgements), we encourage students to receive feedback from faculty mentors/research team mentors.
- Students presenting posters must print their posters and bring them to the conference ready to display. UCUR will not print posters for students.
- Poster dimensions: up to 40" tall x 46" wide.
- Posters should not be thicker than standard poster weight (no foam core backing).
- Poster hanging materials (T-pins) will be provided.
- Posters must be readable from three feet away.
- Presenters must be available to discuss their poster during the entire session.
- Poster should include:
- presentation title
- student name
- research advisor name
- school
Oral Presentations
Oral Presentations should be aimed at a general audience — the UCUR is an opportunity for students to communicate their research to an audience from a broad range of backgrounds.
Proper attribution: Scholarly presentations (poster, oral, creative or otherwise) should include proper attribution. This means inclusion of co-authors (order agreed upon by co-authors) and/or include an acknowledgement section to recognize those who have supported the project (i.e., funders, people, etc). If students are unsure about attribution (authorship or acknowledgements), we encourage students to receive feedback from faculty mentors/research team mentors.
- Students presenting oral presentations must bring them to the conference ready to present on a USB drive. UCUR will not preloads presentations for students.
- Presentations will be scheduled into 15 minute blocks: 2 minutes intro/prep, 10 minutes presentation, 3 minutes Q&A. Note: To stay on schedule presentations will not be allowed to go over their allotted time.
- Presentations should include an introduction and use layman terms as opposed to academic jargon.
- Visual aids may be used, if appropriate.
- Projectors and PC's are provided.
- All students must bring a USB flash drive containing their presentation.
- Ensure beforehand that your presentation will display properly on both Mac and PC.
- If you wish to use your own computer, you must provide your own adapter.
Rapid Fire Podium Presentations
Rapid Fire Podium Presentations should be aimed at a general audience — the UCUR is an opportunity for students to communicate their research to an audience from a broad range of backgrounds.
Proper attribution: Scholarly presentations (poster, oral, creative or otherwise) should include proper attribution. This means inclusion of co-authors (order agreed upon by co-authors) and/or include an acknowledgement section to recognize those who have supported the project (i.e., funders, people, etc). If students are unsure about attribution (authorship or acknowledgements), we encourage students to receive feedback from faculty mentors/research team mentors.
- Students presenting rapid fire podium presentations must bring them to the conference ready to present on a USB drive. UCUR will not preloads presentations for students.
- Presentations will be scheduled into 10 minute blocks: 5 minutes to present the entirety of your presentation and 5 minutes Q&A. Note: To stay on schedule presentations will not be allowed to go over their allotted time.
- Presentations should focus on the essence of your research and eliminate unnecessary background information and lengthy discussion.
- Your presentation should be nor more than 3-5 slides.
- Projectors and PC's are provided.
- All students must bring a USB flash drive containing their presentation.
- Ensure beforehand that your presentation will display properly on both Mac and PC.
- If you wish to use your own computer, you must provide your own adapter.
Irrespective of how complex your research is, you can do this in the allotted time. At most, the audience will take away 2 or 3 points from your presentation. This format allows a lot of good research with maximum educational value to be included in this year's scientific program. Moreover, it means less work for you.
Creative Presentations
Presentations should be aimed at a general audience — the UCUR is an opportunity for students to communicate their research to an audience from a broad range of backgrounds. Contact the OUR team by January 15 to ensure you are assigned the appropriate space.
Proper attribution: Scholarly presentations (poster, oral, creative or otherwise) should include proper attribution. This means inclusion of co-authors (order agreed upon by co-authors) and/or include an acknowledgement section to recognize those who have supported the project (i.e., funders, people, etc). If students are unsure about attribution (authorship or acknowledgements), we encourage students to receive feedback from faculty mentors/research team mentors.
Performances
- Performances may be up to 18 minutes long.
- Upon request at the time of registration for UCUR, we will work with performers to arrange for appropriate spaces for music, dance, and theatre performances.
- Performers must provide their own equipment (e.g., instruments, speakers, props, etc.).
Visual Arts
- Visual art presentations or exhibits may choose to present in the oral or poster sessions (see above for details).
- Upon request at the time of registration for the UCUR, we will work with visual artists to arrange for appropriate spaces for exhibition of students’ work.