Research Symposia | Graduate School

University Research Symposium

The Research Symposium is held each spring and offers an exciting opportunity for enrolled Illinois State graduate and undergraduate students to present what they have learned through their research, scholarship, and creative endeavor to a large audience in a professional setting. Poster sessions are typically in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center with oral presentations at various locations around campus.

All students enrolled at the University and engaged in research, scholarship, and creative activity under the direction of a faculty mentor are eligible to register.

Symposium overview

Attention Students: If you are planning to use an on-campus resource to have your poster printed, please be sure to check the deadlines for these services at the various businesses on campus to be sure your poster can be printed in time for the Research Symposium. Don't wait until the last minute!

Printing services available on-campus include: The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology and University Printing Services. If you choose to use the Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology for the printing and or laminating of your symposium poster, be sure to read and follow the guidelines and deadlines for poster submission by visiting the CTLT website.

2021 Digital Symposium

April 9, 2021

Registration opens December 1, 2020 and closes February 8, 2021.

2020 Online University Research Symposium

The Graduate School partnered with Miner Library to create an online version of the University Research Symposium. The display opened on April 27. It was free and open to the public.

Nearly 100 abstracts, posters, and power point presentations of undergraduate and graduate students available on ISUReD.

2020 Abstracts

Oral and panel presentations of student’s research and creative work were presented via Zoom sessions:

Department of Physics (April 25, 2020)
School of Theatre and Dance (April 28, 2020)