Poster Showcase to Highlight Research and Creative Academic Work by SUNY Undergrads

Albany – The State University of New York today announced that a showcase of scholarly posters would be on display Tuesday, April 13, to highlight undergraduate research and creative academic endeavors offered at SUNY campuses across New York State. In all, 32 SUNY campuses will be represented by approximately 100 different scholarly poster sessions.

“Whether the topic is the use of alternative energy, the anti-predator strategies of earthworms or the effects of non-conscious exposure on a person’s fear of spiders, the SUNY campuses are hotbeds of ground-breaking research and innovative academic activity,” said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. “It is our hope that the poster showcase will provide a glimpse into that activity and also create a truly memorable experience for our student presenters, faculty mentors and all those who attend.”

The showcase - "SUNY Undergraduates Shaping New York’s Future: A Showcase of Scholarly Posters at the Capitol" - will take place from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Legislative Office Building in downtown Albany. The event program is available online.

The event is designed to bring together some of SUNY’s most talented undergraduate scholars to present their research and creative academic projects to a large audience that will include SUNY Administration officials and members of the State Legislature and interested members of the public.  

To participate in the showcase, SUNY campuses were asked to self-select up to three undergraduate research or creative endeavor posters that represent a sampling of the breadth of academic work offered at the campus and/or an academic or research specialty that highlights the campus. Each participating SUNY campus will have its own display area and the student and faculty mentor names and project abstracts will be displayed appropriately in the event program. 

The event is sponsored by Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies Committee of the SUNY University Faculty Senate. All of the undergraduate research was supervised by SUNY faculty mentors. 

The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive university system in the United States, educating nearly 465,000 students in 7,669 degree and certificate programs on 64 campuses. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunity, visit www.suny.edu.

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