Summer Science Symposium

Each year our summer research program culminates with a day long event in which we celebrate the accomplishments of our students. 

Summer 2024

The 2024 Research in Science summer program symposium will be held Friday, July 26, 2024. 

  • Oral Presentations 9:30am-11:00am, Shanklin 107
    • Sign-ups will open in July.
  • Keynote Lecture 12pm, Exley 150 
    • The keynote speaker will be announced soon
  • Poster Session 1:30pm-2:15pm and 2:30pm-3:15pm, Exley Lobby 
    • Students will be assigned to present during the first or second session, so all may view their peers' posters.

Please visit our archive for scenes from last year's poster session. You can read about the event in Wesleyan's newsletter here.

Resources for students 

Poster Printing

  • Posters paid for with Wesleyan funds must be printed by the Wesleyan Print Shop. If your poster is printed off site the cost cannot be reimbursed.
  • Students are responsible for submitting their design to the print shop, and for picking the completed poster up from the print shop.
  • The deadline to submit your poster will be announced when the summer program begins.

Poster Prizes

There are two prizes available to students who participate in the Poster Session. Both prizes come with a cash prize: $100 to the first prize winner, $50 to second place, and $25 to third place.

  • The CIS Research in the Sciences Image Prize: The image prize is awarded for the best visualization of summer student research work. 
  • The Maureen Snow Summer Poster Prize: The Snow poster prize is awarded to the posters most effective at communicating their work to a broad audience. 

We thank the following groups and individuals for their financial support: Academic Affairs, College of the Environment, individual departments, individual mentors, the McNair program, the Quantitative Analysis Center, the CIS Research in the Sciences program, WesMaSS, RISE Fellowships, alumni donors: Joshua Boger, Shonni Silverberg, the Sonnenblick, Lacrosse and Siegal families.