Beyond Joining a Lab: Designing Your Own Research Project in the Natural Sciences

@ Wyman 350 As part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), this panel discussion will explore how undergraduates can get involved in scientific research, and how they can craft their own projects within the structure of a lab. Panelists include current Woodrow Wilson Fellows and other URSCA-funded undergraduate researchers, who will offer guidance for […]

Pursuing Social Sciences Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed-Methods

@ Wyman 350 s part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), this panel discussion will explore how undergraduates can get involved in social science research in all its many forms. Panelists include current Woodrow Wilson Fellows and other URSCA-funded undergraduate researchers, as well as URSCA staff, who will offer guidance on getting started and […]

Digital Humanities Workshop Series: AnthroScore, Myra Cheng

Thursday, October 24, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Register Here! Myra Cheng, a PhD student in computer science at Stanford University, will give a talk titled "AnthroScore: Measuring Anthropomorphism and Other Implicit Framings in Text" for the Digital Humanities Workshop Series. Cheng's work is grounded in critical theory and humanistic insights, and aims to […]

Virtual Info Session: Navigating IRB as an Undergraduate

@ As part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), this virtual info session will provide guidance for undergraduates interested in conducting research that involves human subjects. Whether the research is in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts, or humanities, students dealing with human participants in any way must receive approval for their study from […]

Virtual Panel: Conducting Research Abroad

@ As part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), this virtual panel discussion will explore the possibilities of conducting research abroad as an undergraduate, from the logistics to the adventure! On this panel, URSCA-funded undergraduate researchers will share their experience; staff from the Global Education Office will explain procedures and offer tips; and staff […]

2024 Latin American Film Festival – “The Padilla Affair” (Cuba, Spain)

Schriver 001 3400 N Charles, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

@ “EL CASO PADILLA” Pavel Giroud / Cuba, Spain / 2022 / 78 min https://pragda.com/film/the-padilla-affair Spanish with English subtitles In the spring of 1971 in Havana, poet Heberto Padilla is released from prison and attends a Cuban writers’ guild meeting. During the gathering, he delivers what he describes as a “heartfelt self-criticism,” admitting to being […]

Journey to the Ph.D.: Virtual Panel Discussion

@ The Ph.D. Pathway for Advancement in the Humanities and Social Sciences (PATHS) presents a panel discussion highlighting the stories of recent Ph.D.s and their journeys to graduate school in beyond. The panelists, all of whom are active scholars in the humanities, will discuss different paths to the doctorate, from entering a Ph.D. program straight […]

URSCA Grants Drop-In Hours

@ Drop by the URSCA suite (Wyman 350) for guidance on applying to our grants and fellowships! Come ask questions and/or workshop your application materials with URSCA staff and current undergraduate researchers. No need to make an appointment — just show up! We have coffee and snacks! Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 […]

URSCA Grants Drop-In Hours

@ As we close out URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), drop by the URSCA suite (Wyman 350) to get all your remaining questions answered! URSCA staff and current URSCA-funded researchers will be on hand to provide guidance of all kinds on applying to our grants and fellowships. No need to make an appointment — […]

Conference: Writing at the Limit from France, 2000-2024

@ Un quart de tour: écritures contemporaines aux confins des genres Writing at the Limit from France, 2000-2024 Regional scholars of contemporary French poetry, novel, genre fiction, and intermedial writing discuss the last 25 years of literary production from France. Working papers, each based on a notion or concept, will be presented in French and […]

Conducting Object-Based Research at the Museum and Beyond

@ Baltimore Museum of Art Study Room As part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), the Baltimore Museum of Art will offer a workshop on conducting object-based research. Led by the BMA’s Assistant Curator of Academic Engagement, Dr. Robin Joyce, and Director of Conservation, Linda Owen, this workshop will provide guidance on engaging with […]

East Asian Studies Seminar – Sojung Kim

Gilman Hall 208

@ Graduate student Sojung Kim will present on “A Seed in an Empty Plain: Women’s Voices and Norms of Kinship” for the Fall 2024 EAS Seminar Series. The EAS Seminar is an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to present a pre-circulated work-in-progress. Organized by graduate students, the seminar also hosts methodology workshops, career-building workshops, and […]