Jody R. Rosen – Undergraduate Research

Workshop: The Mentee Roadmap: Navigating Your Way to Success

This busy first week of workshops continues with a third workshop. The Mentee Roadmap: Navigating Your Way to Success is designed specifically for students who want to take the driver’s seat in their professional development. Led by Profs. Samaroo and Rosen, the workshop dives deep into the practical strategies you need to find, build, and maintain high-impact mentor relationships that last well beyond a single semester.

This workshop is on Thursday, March 12, 1-2 PM. Be sure to register and join via Zoom.

Don’t forget to bring your questions about the mentor/mentee experience.

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Workshop: Being a Professional

Calling all Undergraduate Researchers! If you are participating in an undergraduate research program, be sure to check out the full list of Spring 2026 workshops and sign up for workshops. This workshop, on Being a Professional, is a great opportunity not only for you as a researcher but also as you embark on or continue in your profession! Participating students will learn about professionalism and strategies to develop from varied perspectives.

You’re invited to join Profs. Davide and Walljasper for this workshop on developing professional skills. The session will be on Wednesday, March 11th from 1:00-2:00PM via Zoom.

You’ll need to register in advance for Being A Professional–then just add it to your calendar and be sure to arrive when it’s time for the workshop (tip: one part of being a professional involves being punctual)!

Stay tuned for more updates, including a reminder that the next workshop is coming up soon: The Mentee Roadmap: Navigating Your Way to Success, on Thursday, March 12, at 1:00-2:00pm.

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Workshop: Presenting Yourself Online

If you are participating in an undergraduate research program, the Spring 2026 workshops are here for you. Students participating in an undergraduate research program have many workshop options to choose from throughout the semester–so undergraduate researchers, now is the time to sign up! And mentors, now is the time to encourage the student researchers you work with to sign up!

City Tech’s OpenLab Team invites all students to join them for a workshop on presenting yourself online, which focuses on how students can create and maintain a professional and/or academic online presence. The OpenLab team supports students developing a presence on their OpenLab sites during their academic career at City Tech and even into their job search post-graduation.

The session is on Tuesday, March 10th, from 1:00-2:00 PM. Register for Presenting Yourself Online. See you soon!

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Spring 2026 Workshops

Undergraduate researchers, new or returning, participating in any research program must attend four workshops. If you have already completed all workshops and do not wish to participate in them again please contact Prof. Hamid Norouzi, undergraduateresearch@citytech.cuny.edu, SUBJECT Line: workshop alternatives, to discuss alternate activities to fulfill this requirement.

When you attend these workshops, please do your best to be present for the whole session. Many sessions will end with a short reflection.

Workshop	Details
Presenting Yourself Online Focuses on how students can create and maintain a professional and/or academic online presence. City Tech’s OpenLab team supports students developing a presence on online spaces including their OpenLab sites during their academic career and even into their job search post-graduation.	T March 10, 1-2 PM Online Registration Leaders: Profs. Rosen and Reitz
Being a Professional Students will learn about professionalism and strategies to develop from varied perspectives.	W March 11, 1-2 PM Online Registration Leaders: Profs. Davide and Walljasper
The Mentee Roadmap: Navigating Your Way to Success This workshop is designed specifically for students who want to take the driver’s seat in their professional development. We’re diving deep into the practical strategies you need to find, build, and maintain high-impact mentor relationships that last well beyond a single semester.	Th March 12, 1-2 PM Online Registration Leaders: Profs. Samaroo and Rosen
Research Types and Methods Panel Before beginning your research project, you need to decide how to design a study. This workshop will give you a brief overview of various types of research using field surveys, secondary data analysis, and laboratory experiments.	T March 17, 1-2 PM Online Registration Leaders: Profs. Gregory, Kim, and Parveen
Research Sites on Open Platforms City Tech’s OpenLab team supports student researchers by showing how to communicate about and display research via open platforms such as OpenLab and CUNY Academic Commons.	Th March 19, 1-2 PM Online Registration Leaders: Profs. Rosen and Reitz
Academic Works for Student Posters Adding your poster to CUNY Academic Works creates a unique, permanent link for your resume, CV, and graduate school application.	M March 23, 4-5 PM Online Registration Leader: Prof. Berger
Advancing Library Research Techniques Learn how to use the library and Google Scholar to find sources for your poster and general strategies for the literature review.	Th March 26, 1-2 PM L540 (Library Eclassroom) Leader: Prof. Leonard
Advancing Library Research Techniques Learn how to use the library and Google Scholar to find sources for your poster and general strategies for the literature review.	Th March 26, 4-5 PM Online Registration Leader: Prof. Berger
SPSS #1: Consort Diagrams The first session of the SPSS Workshop Series will delve into the intricacies of consort diagrams their significance in clinical trials and scientific publications, and the methodology behind their creation. Students from all majors are welcome to attend. Students will need to read the freely available, selected article below in advance of our session Article: Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Among Adolescents and Youths Living With HIV: Evaluation of Electronic Health Record Findings and Implications	F March 27, 6-7 pm Online Registration Leader: Prof. Gurung
SPSS #2: Creating Tables and Exploring Associations between Two Variables The second session of the SPSS Workshop Series will explore the nuances of demographic, clinical characteristics, and bivariate analyses tables their significance in clinical trials and scientific publications, and the methodology behind their creation. Students from all majors are welcome to attend. Students will need to read the freely available, selected article below in advance of our session. Article: Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Among Adolescents and Youths Living With HIV: Evaluation of Electronic Health Record Findings and Implications	F April 10, 6-7 pm Online Registration Leader: Prof. Gurung
Demystifying and Managing Citations Students will learn more about why they need to cite sources for their poster and gain awareness of why citation is a powerful and meaningful practice. We cover different kinds of sources, necessary knowledge needed to properly cite a source, and will also showcase Zotero, a free tool for formatting and managing references (citations).	M April 13, 4-5 PM Online Registration Leader: Prof. Berger
Writing Abstracts for Research Projects Students will learn about abstracts: what they are and how they are used. They will also learn the necessary elements to writing an abstract and go through a series of exercises in small groups to distinguish between successful and unsuccessful abstracts.	Th April 16, 1-2 PM Online Registration Th April 16, 4-5 PM Online Registration Leader: Prof. Garcia
SPSS #3: Creating Tables and Exploring Associations between Multiple Variables for Scientific Journal Articles The third session of the SPSS Workshop Series will explore the nuances of multivariable analyses tables — their significance in clinical trials and scientific publications, and the methodology behind their creation. Students from all majors are welcome to attend. Students will need to read the freely available, selected article below in advance of our session. Article: Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Among Adolescents and Youths Living With HIV: Evaluation of Electronic Health Record Findings and Implications	F April 17, 6-7 pm Online Registration Leader: Prof. Gurung
Designing a Research Poster Presentation Understand the purpose of a scientific research poster; learn important layout principles and components to create and present effective research posters. Please register before midnight on November 19, 2025. Registrations submitted after this deadline cannot be guaranteed approval.	Th April 23, 1-2 PM Hyflex Location: P413 and Zoom Registration Leaders: Profs. Davide, Alcendor, and Xiao
Designing a Research Poster Presentation Understand the purpose of a scientific research poster; learn important layout principles and components to create and present effective research posters. Please register before midnight on November 19, 2025. Registrations submitted after this deadline cannot be guaranteed approval.	Th April 23, 4-5 PM Hyflex Location: P413 and Zoom Registration Leaders: Profs. Davide, Alcendor, and Xiao
Grad School Research Workshop Thinking about Graduate School? This workshop will cover the essential things you need to know before applying. Learn how to research degree programs, internship offerings, and funding opportunities. Various application components including GRE, recommendation letters, personal statements, and portfolios or work samples will be introduced. Participants will also have the opportunity to reflect on their own expectations for graduate school.	F April 24, 2-3 PM Online Registration Leader: Prof. Almeida
Building Your Portfolio Site Create dynamic, professional websites using WordPress featuring your outstanding academic work.	T April 28, 1-2 PM Online Registration Leaders: Profs. Rosen and Reitz, OpenLab

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Research Mixer Th 2/19

Interested in becoming a paid researcher at City Tech? The Research Mixer is an event designed to showcase the different research opportunities available to City Tech students and offer an opportunity for students to meet with mentors.

poster for Spring 2026 Research Mixer plus QR code for Zoom registration

This hyflex event will be on Thursday, February 19, 12:30-2:00pm, in A104 and A106, as well as via Zoom.

The event is sponsored by City Tech’s Undergraduate Research committee and the Black Male Initiative Program.

Please share the Research Mixer announcement flyer widely!

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Workshop: Journal Club 3

Undergraduate Researchers and students in Health Sciences at City Tech: Journal Club is back for its third and final session! Check out their Journal Club site on the OpenLab.

Join Prof. Gurung for Journal Club 3, Friday, November 21, 1-2:00PM. Register via Zoom.

The third session of the Fall 2025 Journal Club Series will explore how the OnPOINT mHealth intervention was developed and mapped to support HIV prevention, highlighting its role in advancing public health strategies.

Learn how to: Read and analyze intervention-based research; Understand the role of mHealth tools in HIV prevention; Explore the design and implementation of the OnPOINT intervention; Identify key steps in linking theory to practice in intervention research; Discuss challenges and opportunities in using digital health for public health impact.

Who Will Benefit: Students from all majors are welcome to attend. Students will need to read the selected article in advance of our session. The Journal Club seeks to engage with a wide range of students including non-science majors as well as those having science backgrounds.

For more information, review the Meetings section of the Journal Club site.

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Workshop: Designing a Research Poster Presentation

Undergraduate Researchers, are you getting ready to present your research?!

Please join City Tech’s Profs. Davide, Alcendor, and Xiao for this semester’s final workshops, focused on helping you design a research poster presentation. In this workshop, participating students will understand the purpose of a scientific research poster as well as learn important layout principles and components to create and present effective research posters.

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025

1-2 PM
Hyflex
Location: P413 and Zoom (Please register)

4-5 PM
Hyflex
Location: P413 and Zoom (Please register)

Workshop leaders request that you register by the end of the day on Wednesday, November 19, so they can be sure to approve your registration.

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Workshop: Journal Club 2

Undergraduate Researchers and students in Health Sciences at City Tech: Journal Club is back for its second session! Check out their Journal Club site on the OpenLab.

Prof. Gurung will lead a discussion via Zoom about the following topic: Prevalence of military sexual trauma and sexual orientation discrimination among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender military personnel: A descriptive study.

The second session of the Fall 2025 Journal Club Series will examine a policy focused on the prevalence and gender differences in military sexual trauma and sexual orientation discrimination experienced by LGBT service members in the U.S. Learn how to: Read and analyze policy related research; Understand the prevalence of military sexual trauma and discrimination among LGBT service members; Identify gender differences in experiences of harassment and assault within the military; Recognize how policies such as the repeal of “Don’t’ Ask, Don’t Tell” related to ongoing stigma and discrimination.Discuss the implications of sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination for health and well-being in military populations. Who Will Benefit: Students from all majors are welcome to attend. Students will need to read the selected article in advance of our session. The Journal Club seeks to engage with a wide range of students including nonscience majors as well as those having science backgrounds

For more information, review the Meetings section of the Journal Club site.

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Workshop: Writing Abstracts for Research Projects

More workshops to engage with this spring, Undergraduate Researchers!

You’re invited to join Prof. Garcia from City Tech’s Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program for a workshop on Writing Abstracts for Research Projects. In this workshop, students will learn about abstracts: what they are and how they are used. They will also learn the necessary elements to writing an abstract and go through a series of exercises in small groups to distinguish between successful and unsuccessful abstracts.

The sessions are on Thursday, November 13 via Zoom:

These are two great options for one great workshop!

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Workshop: Grad School Research

Thinking about Graduate School? This workshop, led by Prof. Almeida from the Library, will cover the essential things you need to know before applying. Learn how to research degree programs, internship offerings, and funding opportunities. Various application components including GRE, recommendation letters, personal statements, and portfolios or work samples will be introduced. Participants will also have the opportunity to reflect on their own expectations for graduate school.

No registration necessary for this in-person workshop–just join Prof. Almeida and other student researchers Tuesday, November 11, from 3-4:00 PM, in L540 (the Library e-classroom up one flight of stairs in the library.)

Enjoy the view of your future!

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Author: Jody R. Rosen