LAUNCH to Host 7th Annual Undergraduate Research Scholars Symposium

LAUNCH: Undergraduate Research, Texas A&M University

The symposium will showcase undergraduate research from a variety of disciplines. 

On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, LAUNCH: Undergraduate Research (UGR) will be holding its seventh annual Undergraduate Research Scholars Symposium in the Memorial Student Center. 

The symposium will showcase work done by students involved in the LAUNCH Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) thesis program, a program that provides undergraduates with graduate-level experience by allowing them to participate in research, produce a professional document and communicate their findings to a scholarly community.

Student smiles at the camera in front of their research poster.
Members of the URS program have been hard at work on their research since September and are excited to display their efforts.

Both oral and poster presentations will be featured at the symposium. Students can expect to receive constructive feedback about their research projects and presentation skills from faculty, staff, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students who have will serve as active listeners. 

Student points to their research poster as a professor looks on.
Outside perspective is critical to the research process, as it helps students reevaluate and improve their projects.

The LAUNCH URS Symposium will be divided into morning and afternoon blocks of poster and oral presentation sessions:

Morning Sessions (Oral and Poster):

  • 9:00 AM-10:00 AM
  • 10:15 AM-11:15 AM

Afternoon Sessions (Oral and Poster):

  • 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
  • 2:15 PM-3:15 PM
  • 3:30 PM-4:30 PM

Sessions will occur in MSC 2300 A-E (Bethancourt Ballrooms):

  • Oral Sessions are concurrent in MSC 2300 A, B, D, and E
  • Poster Sessions are in MSC 2300 C

The event is free and open to the public. Undergraduate students from all disciplines are encouraged to attend the LAUNCH URS Symposium to learn more about how to get involved in undergraduate research at Texas A&M University. 

A group of students sit in chairs observing a student presenter and a projected Powerpoint presentation.
Curious students observe a research presentation.

Students can earn 100 MaroonBase points for each presentation session they attend, with an opportunity to earn up to a maximum of 500 points. More information about MaroonBase— including instructions on how to join—can be found here.

The full event schedule and abstract book can be found here. Students can learn more about the Undergraduate Research Scholars thesis program on the LAUNCH: UGR website. 

Published by LAUNCH: Undergraduate Research, Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University is renowned for its highly motivated students and faculty as well as its world class research facilities. We have long been recognized for the strength of our undergraduate programs. It is the goal of LAUNCH: Undergraduate Research to help bring these ingredients together to further enhance the undergraduate experience for our students through undergraduate research opportunities. LAUNCH: Undergraduate Research promotes, coordinates, creates, and assesses undergraduate programs involving creative scholarship, inquiry, and research in all academic disciplines at Texas A&M. As a recognized “high impact practice,” undergraduate research experiences increase undergraduate student learning and success, not only while students are at Texas A&M University, but long after graduation.