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. | Profs. Rosen and Reitz | March 11, 1-2 PM Online Registration |
| 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. | Profs. Gregory, Kim, and Parveen | March 13, 1-2 PM Online Registration |
| Being a Professional Students will learn about professionalism and strategies to develop from varied perspectives. | Profs. Davide and Walljasper | March 13, 3-4 PM Online Registration |
| 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. | Profs. Rosen and Reitz | March 20, 1-2 PM Online Registration |
| 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. | Prof. Berger | March 25, 4-5 PM Online Registration |
| 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. | Prof. Leonard Prof. Berger | March 27, 1-2 PM L540 (Library Eclassroom) March 27, 4-5 PM Online Registration |
| 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. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Among Adolescents and Youths Living With HIV: Evaluation of Electronic Health Record Findings and Implications | Prof. Gurung | March 28, 1-2 PM Online Registration |
| 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. | Profs. Garcia and Wong | April 3, 1-2 PM Online Registration April 3, 4-5 PM Online Registration |
| 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 | Prof. Gurung | April 4, 1-2 PM Online Registration |
| 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). | Prof. Berger | April 9, 4-5 PM Online Registration |
| ePortfolios for Academic and Career Advancement Create dynamic, professional websites using WordPress featuring your outstanding academic work. | AtoL | April 10, 1-2 PM Online Registration April 10, 4-5 PM Online Registration |
| 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 | Prof. Gurung | April 11, 1-2 PM Online Registration |
| 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. | Profs. Davide, Alcendor, and Xiao | April 24 1-2 PM Online Registration April 24 4-5 PM L540 (Library Eclassroom) |
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