If you are participating in an undergraduate research program, the Spring 2025 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 following announcement comes from The CUNY Office of Research for all Student-Researchers:
We are excited to announce the open call for applications to the 2025 Velay Scholars Research Fellowship (VSURF) program. This prestigious program offers a ten-week summer research and professional development experience designed to immerse undergraduate students in cutting-edge research across various disciplines.
Program Highlights:
Duration: June 2nd – August 8th, 2025
Stipend: $5,000 upon successful completion
Culmination: Poster presentation showcasing your research
Eligibility Criteria:
CUNY undergraduates completing their sophomore or junior year
CUNY Community College students with at least 30 credits at the time of application
Interest in careers in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM)
Application Process:
Deadline: Fri. March 21st, 2025 @11:59pm
Letters of Recommendations: One letter of recommendation is required, two is optional
REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing within the City University of New York System: Enhanced Engagement
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.
Workshop
Leads
When/Where
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.
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.
Using OpenLab Sites for Research Projects 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Prof. Almeida
April 2, 2-3 PM L540 (Library Eclassroom)
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.
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. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Among Adolescents and Youths Living With HIV: Evaluation of Electronic Health Record Findings and Implications
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).
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. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Among Adolescents and Youths Living With HIV: Evaluation of Electronic Health Record Findings and Implications
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 April 23, 2024. Registrations submitted after this deadline cannot be guaranteed approval.
Great News! We are extending the application deadline for the 2025-2026 HASTAC Scholars Program! HASTAC Scholars is a dynamic community of graduate and undergraduate students working across the intersections of technology, arts, humanities, and sciences. Scholars engage in collaborative projects, lead discussions, contribute to online forums, and showcase their research through various digital platforms. Open to students from all disciplines, the program offers a unique opportunity to connect globally, develop innovative projects, and help shape equitable educational systems.
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.
More workshops to engage with in November, Undergraduate Researchers!
You’re invited to join Prof. Garcia, Prof. Wong, and the graduate fellows in 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 14th via Zoom:
Sharing the following message about this opportunity with a deadline of this Friday, 11/8. Good luck to all who apply!
Greetings HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)/MI (Minority Institutions) Community and Allies,
It’s not too late to apply! The deadline is Friday, November 8th at 11:59pm. The Department of the Navy’s HBCU/MI Student Internship Program (SIP) Application Web Portal is now open for students to apply for paid summer 2025 internships. Due to program expansion, students now have the opportunity to apply to 10 diverse internships programs with wider focus areas including engineering (electrical, mechanical, chemical, nuclear, aeronautical, and civil), medical to include dentistry and nursing, law, computer science, data science, cybersecurity, business, logistics, biology, and chemistry. We encourage all HBCU/MI students to apply for these valuable paid internship opportunities. Please share this information widely within your academic and social networks.
Work Stipend: Undergraduates: $8,500 and Graduates: $10,500
Interns are also eligible for both a housing and relocation stipend
Candidates Must be U.S. Citizens and eligible to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense Security Clearance at the Secret Level.
Application Portal Opens: Now
Application Portal Closes: November 8, 2024
I look forward to seeing your application in the web portal!
All the best,
R. Maurice Civers-Davis
Deputy Director, Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Historically Black Colleges & Universities/ Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program Office, 875 N. Randolph Street, Arlington, VA 22217
Program Director, NAVWAR HBCU/MI Cyber and Data Science Program 58420 Cyber Development and Acquisition Branch
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.
In Journal Club #2, Prof. Gurung will lead a discussion about the following topic: Marijuana and illicit drugs: Correlates of condomless anal sex among adolescent and emerging adult sexual minority men.
