Undergraduate Research

The Student Research Symposium (SRS) is our end-of-year celebration of faculty-mentored student scholarship. It is open to all to attend.

The SRS allows undergraduate and graduate students to present their original projects under faculty supervision - for example, as part of an independent study, honors thesis, Master's thesis, seminar study, or other supervised work. 

All 2024 SRS presentations are available

in our online archive 

Projects are welcome from all scholarly disciplines and can take numerous forms, such as critical reviews, laboratory projects, field studies, or creative works. Whatever its form, the presentation allows students to share their completed (or nearly completed) projects with a broad audience. Student applicants must have a faculty supervisor for the project. 

To apply, students should submit an abstract to our SRS Submission Portal, which is now open for the 2025 SRS! Abstract submissions are due Wednesday, April 9th, 2025. For assistance, please see our guidelines on Writing an Abstract.  

If your proposal is accepted, the next step is to prepare your poster presentation! Please read over the following information and guidelines before submitting your poster:

• Submissions are FINAL, so make sure you are happy with the design before submitting!
  
• Ideally, Microsoft PowerPoint format is preferred, as this can ensure we print your poster with the correct dimensions. However, we may be able to accommodate other formats. Please reach out to rsca@newpaltz.edu or 845-257-3445 if you'd like to test out an alternative file type.
  
• Make sure your poster width is set to a 42 in width (typically, we print 42 x 36, but the height can be flexible. The width, however, is not).
  
• If submitting in PowerPoint format, you can adjust the dimensions by navigating to the Design tab - Slide Size - Custom Slide Size - and set the height and width there. Be sure you do this BEFORE adding your content, as doing so after may alter the alignment and appearance of your poster's text and images.
  
• TIP: Leave a bit of space along the margins of your poster to ensure none of your content gets cut off when printing.
  
• Posters are due Monday, April 28th, at 8:30 AM, the latest.
  
• If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to rsca@newpaltz.edu or 845-257-3445

When you are ready to submit your poster, please do so here: SRS Poster Submission Portal

See our Poster Presentation Tips page for an orientation to posters, sample posters, and suggestions on how to create an effective one.  

Previous SRS Programs