Explore events throughout Undergraduate Research Week 2025! In addition to featured events such as the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase, our campus partners are hosting online exhibitions, poster sessions, and presentations of their undergraduate students’ work at every stage of the research and creative process.
Schedule of Events
Call for Events
UCLA departments, programs, and student organizations are invited to submit events to be included in Undergraduate Research Week 2025! We are now accepting event submissions here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/URW25events
Events should highlight UCLA undergraduate research or creative practice. Events can include presentations, poster sessions, exhibits, round table discussions, panels, concerts, showcases, podcasts, screenings, slams, and more.
Undergraduate Research Week Info. Session
DATE CHANGE: Tuesday, March 4 @ 3 p.m.
in Powell Library CLICC B (Room 320B) and via Zoom
Join us for the official launch of Undergraduate Research Week 2025! This engaging Information Session will kick off our campaign for the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase applications, where students can present their research and apply to additional opportunities for awards and prizes.
In addition, we’ll outline opportunities for departments and student organizations to contribute their own research-related events throughout the week.
Don’t miss out—be a part of celebrating research excellence and innovation on campus!
Join on Zoom
Bruins Breaking Boundaries, Building Bridges
Monday, May 19 @ 4 p.m.
Please join us at this year’s special student panel “Bruins Breaking Boundaries, Building Bridges”! In this featured panel, UCLA undergraduates from across north and south campus will be in dialogue with one another and share their interdisciplinary research experiences. Panelists will be announced at a later date.
Join Us on Zoom
Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase
Tuesday, May 20 @ 12:30pm
Join us on May 20 for the virtual Undergraduate Research and Creativity Showcase! Students will share 5-10 minute live presentations of their work followed by Q&A with visitors. Live presentations are organized into panels during three sessions: 12:30-1:50 p.m., 2:00-3:20 p.m., and 3:30-4:50 p.m. Recorded presentations will be available for viewing May 19-23. All presentations are hosted on this website under the “Showcase” tab.
Community Engagement and Social Justice Day
Wednesday, May 21 @ 1 p.m.
Celebrate community-engaged and social justice research by UCLA undergraduates at the Community Engagement and Social Justice (CESJ) Research Day!
CESJ Research Day is an in-person Undergraduate Research Week event consisting of research presentations by Astin Scholars and roundtable panels by selected Community Engagement and Social Change students from 9am-12pm, and Social Justice Conversation Circles open to all UCLA undergraduates from 1-5 p.m.
Students from any major may apply to be part of a Social Justice Conversation Circle as part of the Showcase application. These circles will encourage cross-disciplinary conversation on undergraduate research projects oriented toward social justice.
This event is brought to you by the UCLA Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (URC-HASS) and the UCLA Center for Community Engagement (CCE).
Undergraduate Research Week Awards Ceremony
Friday, May 23 @ 2 p.m.
Join us for the virtual Undergraduate Research Week Awards Ceremony, where we will celebrate the close of Undergraduate Research Week and honor winners of the Dean’s Prize and Faculty Mentor Award!