Schedule of Events

Explore events throughout Undergraduate Research Week 2026! 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.

Undergraduate Research Week Info Sessions

Two spring quarter options!

• Week 1: Thursday, April 2, 2-3pm
• Week 2: Tuesday, April 7, 3-4pm

In person location: Powell Library CLICC B / Room 320B (check back on day of event to confirm location)

On Zoom: https://bit.ly/urcworkshops

Come learn all about Undergraduate Research Week! Topics will include:

• Undergraduate Research Week schedule
• How to apply to the Research and Creativity Showcase
• Prizes and Awards
• Other research events and additional presentation opportunities
• Presenter Resources

For questions, please email urweek@college.ucla.edu

Undergraduate Research Forum

Tuesday, April 21, 6-8pm

Location: De Neve Plaza Room A/B

Event Link: tinyurl.com/FYERSVPontheHill

Looking to learn more about research opportunities on campus? Attend the Undergraduate Research Forum to hear directly from current student researchers about their experiences and how to get involved!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uclafirstyearexperience/

Research as Resistance

Wednesday, April 29, 4-8pm

Location: UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion and Event Venues

707 Tiverton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095

Join us for Research Symposium 2026, “We Are Here: Research as Resistance” where student researchers will be presenting on topics that challenge the status quo and uplifts communities!

Come learn something new and celebrate our shared stories and brilliance! ✨✊🏽

Complimentary pupusas will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Thank you to the Latinx Success Center!

Click and swipe for the speaker lineup!

Science Pitch and Research Keynote (SPARK)

Saturday, May 9, 1-4pm

Location: In-person; check back for specific location

Event Link: https://tinyurl.com/w4s2tacb

The Science Pitch and Research Keynote (SPARK) is CURE at UCLA’s inaugural campus-wide undergraduate research pitch competition, modeled after the internationally recognized Three Minute Thesis (3MT) format.

Come present a research question, an ongoing research project, or a scientific problem that you are passionate about to a panel of expert judges in three minutes or less!! SPARK is designed to be accessible to students at every stage of their research journey.

Whether you are presenting data from an active research project or pitching a question you hope to one day answer, SPARK meets you where you are. Participants are supported through a faculty-led guest lecture on science communication and a trainee-led seminar on navigating research at UCLA.

You do not need research experience or be part of a lab to compete, so this is a great way to get more involved during Undergraduate Research Week, even if you are a beginner at research!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cureatucla/

Location: Bunche 6275 (Conference Room) + live virtual streaming

Registration: https://forms.gle/HPkUWGJ8qTuETMkb6

Bruin Research Powers Progress

Please join us online on Monday, May 18 at this year’s special student panel sessions “Bruin Research Powers Progress”! In these featured panels, UCLA undergraduates from across north and south campus will be in dialogue with one another and share their interdisciplinary research experiences.

📅 Monday, May 18

• Sabah Alidina
• Clarissa Carrillo
• Gianna Karkafi
• Alexandra Tabacu

• Amaya Ellis
• Jade Faircloth
• Syeda Rehman
• Tamanna Tikoo

🔗 Join us on Zoom: https://ucla.in/3NqIarS

Research & Nationally Competitive Scholarships

Monday, May 18, 5pm-6pm

Location: Zoom

Event Link: https://tinyurl.com/3d87cms9

Learn how to apply for nationally competitive scholarships (including Goldwater, Truman, Rhodes, Marshall, Knight-Hennessy, and others). How does UCLA’s nomination/endorsement process work? How can you prepare a strong application? Join us for this session as part of Undergraduate Research Week!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uclascholarshipcenter/

Exploring Careers in Research Pathways and Opportunities

Monday, May 18, 5pm-6:30pm

Location: Strathmore Building, Room 200

Event Registration Link: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1918051

Are you considering a career in research but unsure where to start or wondering how much education you will need to enter this field? This engaging workshop will provide insights into the diverse pathways available in research across academia, industry, government, and nonprofit sectors. Participants will explore the skills, education, and experiences needed for a successful career in research.

LIVE Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase

Tuesday, May 19, 12:30-5pm

Join us on May 19 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 18-22. All presentations are hosted on this website under the “Showcase” tab. Learn more here.

Musicology Senior Capstone Conference

Wednesday, May 20, 9am-2:45pm

Location: 1230 Schoenberg Music Building (Hybrid)

Event Link: https://tinyurl.com/3j5v23ze

Join us as thirteen Musicology majors present original research that runs the gamut from SoundCloud to Moldovan folk music ensembles, from LA record shops to sound healing, from Contemporary Worship Music to gaming!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uclaalpert/

PULSAR’s 4th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

Wednesday, May 20, 10am-2pm

Location: Boyer Hall – Room 130

Event Link: https://pulsarucla.weebly.com/symposium.html

Are you an undergraduate conducting life science research looking for presentation experience? PULSAR’s Undergraduate Research Symposium is a great opportunity to practice presenting your work to a live, in-person audience and connect with other undergraduate and graduate students in the research community.

The event will be followed by a catered lunch and networking session, where prizes will be awarded to the best talks!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pulsarucla/

McNair Senior Presentations

Wednesday, May 20, 10am-5pm

The Senior McNair Scholars will present their research topics, methods, and findings on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The presentations will take place in person at the Chicano Studies Research Center and will also be available via Zoom.

27th Annual Neuroscience Poster Day

Wednesday, May 20, 1pm-4pm

Location: Hershey Hall Salon

Event Link: https://forms.gle/d1GTEg3ccB78FN1f7

The Undergraduate Neuroscience IDP invites you to attend this year’s Neuroscience Poster Day. This event aims to highlight the hard work of Neuroscience students who have completed two quarters of independent research to satisfy their major capstone requirement. We will feature poster presentations and provide students with the opportunity to showcase their research projects.

Light refreshments will be available and poster awards will be announced at the end of the event.

Performance Unbound

Hosted by: Theater Department / Centre for Performance Studies

Wednesday, May 20, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Hosted by the UCLA Center for Performance Studies, Performance Unbound is an undergraduate research showcase that invites students to explore performance as a dynamic, interdisciplinary field of inquiry. Bringing together work from across disciplines—including theater, literature, film, visual art, and beyond—this event highlights how performance operates not only as artistic expression but also as a method of knowledge production, a form of archive, and a site of political and social engagement.

Participants will present research that examines how performance shapes identity, constructs collective memory, and intervenes in questions of race, gender, migration, and colonial histories. These projects think across media, tracing how performance circulates between embodied practice and digital or visual forms, and how it reconfigures our understanding of storytelling and historical narrative. By foregrounding embodiment and lived experience, Performance Unbound seeks to create a space where students can critically engage with performance as both object and method. The showcase ultimately fosters dialogue on how performance exceeds disciplinary boundaries and opens new ways of thinking about culture, history, and social life.

Undergraduate presenters include Cathy Ding (Poetry & Embodiment: Who Gets to Be a Poet?), Joyce Zhu (Languages of Belonging: Heteroglossia, Culture, and Generational Divergence in Charity), Qianqian Ren (Performing the Border: Exceeding the American Border Narrative in Signs Preceding the End of the World), and Salem Hansen (Objectification of the Body: Reza Abdoh’s “Minamata” from a Flat Object-Oriented Ontology).

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/performucla/

Human Communities, Connection, and Conflict: Student Research Roundtable

Hosted by: Bedari Kindness Institute

Wednesday, May 20, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

We live in an increasingly connected yet fragmented world, and we can turn to research to help us navigate these fraught times. Are you interested in or currently involved in research that in any way, shape, or form explores communities, reimagines human connection, or examines conflict? Does your work engage with different groups, perspectives, or social phenomena?

Join the Bedari Kindness for an undergraduate student research round table, open to all undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and community members from all disciplines. This event will take place on May 20th from 3:30-5 PM.

The event will begin with roundtable discussions, where participants can share their research in small, interactive groups. It will then transition into a panel conversation, featuring selected undergraduate participants who will share their insights with a broader audience.

If you believe your research aligns with any of these themes, we would love to see you there! Please RSVP Please RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/humanconnection2026!

Community Engagement and Social Justice Day

Thursday, May 21, 1-5pm

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 Social Justice Conversation Circles from 1-5 p.m. 

Select students from across campus will participate in Social Justice Conversation Circles, which 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). 

Thursday, May 21, 3-5pm

Location: Terasaki Courtyard (behind Terasaki Life Sciences Building)

Event link: https://stemcell.ucla.edu/events/end-year-core-resource-event-2026

Please join us to celebrate the end of the academic year and learn more about the BSCRC’s core resources with tacos, drinks & more! Event will include:

• Posters presenting research that utilized BSCRC core resources.
• Staffs of each of the cores to answer questions.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uclastemcell/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Broad-Stem-Cell-Research-Center-at-UCLA/100090082840414/

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Each spring quarter, undergraduate researchers are invited to showcase their research to fellow students and faculty.

The attendance reservations for this event are now closed.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uclaibp

Undergraduate Research Week Awards Ceremony

Friday, May 22, 2 p.m. – 3:30 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! 

Join Us on Zoom 

https://ucla.in/4ufTNkS

Friday, May 22, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. 

UCLA Psi Chi is hosting its 5th annual Psychology Research Conference on Friday, May 22, from 10 am to 3 pm in Kerckhoff Grand Salon.

Apply as a presenter or join as an attendee. Applications to present a poster at the conference and to be considered for awards and publishing opportunities in our research journal are due by Friday, April 17th, at 11:59 pm.

Join us for a day of research and refreshments, networking, and celebrating the excellence in undergraduate research conducted in psychology and related fields!

Friday, May 22, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows invite you to the URW MMUF Senior Symposium. The Fellows will be presenting their two year research projects in the fields of humanities, arts and social sciences. Senior Fellows include: Cris Avitia Camacho, Javier Murillo,  Nour Rayess, and Nat Escobedo.

Organized by: Institute of Neuro Innovation @ UCLA

Saturday, May 30, 2026, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 

The INI @ UCLA Research Showcase provides an opportunity for students to present their research project deliverables to INI Board Members (MDs, PhDs, etc.) and fellow students who are interested in learning about neuroscience. This event also provides the opportunity for collaboration with external organizations who have different interests so each group can learn from the other. There will also be refreshments and fun activities!!

Use this link to register to present at or attend the Showcase: https://forms.gle/SZPDxjQd1cHg9kjW8

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ini.atucla/

The 2026 Public Affairs Experiential Capstone Showcase features projects developed by Public Affairs major during their year-long community based internships. Capstone projects vary based on their internship site needs. Projects include research on responsible land stewardship, programs for asylum seekers, designing an evaluation framework, transportation coalition building, research on inclusionary zoning, creating legal assistance workshops, among many other.

📅 Friday, June 5th, 2026

🕑 2:00 – 4:00 PM

📍 MSB 1601 Courtyard

🔗 https://mimg.ucla.edu/education/undergraduate

Come explore the exciting world of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics through student-led research. Whether students completed their work through our lab-based Path 1 courses or Path 2 independent research in faculty labs, this is your chance to learn about the cutting-edge science happening right here on campus.

This is more than just a poster session — it’s an opportunity to:

• Connect with fellow students, faculty, and researchers
• Get inspired by a wide range of research topics -Support your peers and celebrate their hard work
• Enjoy some sweet treats and good company 🍪

All members of the MIMG community are welcome. We hope to see you there!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ucla.mimg/

📅 Friday, June 5th, 2026

🕑 2-6pm (might change a bit)

📍 Hershey Hall 158

🔗 https://tinyurl.com/EEBResearchDay1

We are happy to announce our 3rd Annual Research Day Celebration! We invite our UCLA community to join us as we celebrate the amazing work our undergraduate student, graduate student, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty are working on. This event is an opportunity for members of the EEB community to share the research they have been conducting in the past year. Events of the day will include a Judged Poster Session: for Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Lightning Talks from Undergraduate, Graduate, Post-Doctoral Fellows, and Faculty, an Awards Ceremony which will include winners from the Poster Session, and a Reception.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uclaeeb/