Research Workshops and Professional Development

Summer offers opportunities to learn great information beyond classroom subject matter. You can take advantage of workshops on technologies to quantify or expand your work or widen your own expertise. The Office of Undergraduate Research offers a series of seminars designed to equip you with essential knowledge and best practices for maintaining a safe, respectful, and efficient work environment. It's just one of the ways we help prepare you to navigate and thrive in any work setting, this summer or in your future career.

OUR Professional Development Seminars for Summer 2025

Topic	Date	Time	Location
Sexual Harassment Prevention	5/28/25	1:00	Jones PSC 104
USC Campus Safety	5/28/25	2:00	Jones PSC 104

Environmental Health And Safety trainings are listed here

2025 OUR Summer Research Workshops

Date and Location	Workshop Information	Presenter
Wednesday, June 4 Jones PSC, Room 002	Networking This workshop will introduce students to the fundamentals of professional networking, including a discussion of LinkedIn accounts, networking at professional conferences, connecting with alumni from your home institution and how to approach members of your network for guidance.	Abbie Mott, Career Development Specialist, USC Career Center
Wednesday, June 11 Jones PSC, Room 002	Research Ethics In this interactive workshop, case studies will be presented to provide a framework for discussion of common ethical questions in research.	Dr. Jeff Dudycha, Professor, Biological Sciences Dr. Jordan Lewis, Research Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Wednesday, June 18 Jones PSC, Room 002	Creating Your Research Poster Students will learn how to write a research abstract, as well as how to create an effective research poster.	Dr. Lauren Clark, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research
Wednesday, June 25 Jones PSC, Room 002	Demystifying Graduate School This workshop will feature a discussion of important topics related to graduate school, including how to decide if graduate school is right for you, how to choose a graduate program, parts of a graduate school application, how to be a competitive applicant, and how to fund a graduate degree.	Kesha Clavon, Director of Recruitment and Student Affairs, Graduate School
Wednesday, July 2 Jones PSC, Room 002	Fellowships for Research and Graduate School This workshop will provide an overview of fellowships for research and graduate school, as well as a discussion of effective writing for fellowship applications and a chance to draft part of a typical fellowship application.	Jen Bess, Director, National Fellowships
Wednesday, July 9 Jones PSC, Room 002	The Elevator Pitch: Articulating Research Experiences So, what did you do this summer? In this workshop, you will learn how to describe your research project in a brief and effective elevator pitch and make a positive impression on anyone who asks about your research!	Lauren Epps, Associate Director Julia Ballou, Program Advisor and Outreach Coordinator Center for Integrative and Experiential Learning

Date and Location

Workshop Information

Presenter

Wednesday, June 4

Jones PSC, Room 002

Networking

This workshop will introduce students to the fundamentals of professional networking, including a discussion of LinkedIn accounts, networking at professional conferences, connecting with alumni from your home institution and how to approach members of your network for guidance.

Abbie Mott, Career Development Specialist, USC Career Center

Wednesday, June 11

Jones PSC, Room 002

Research Ethics

In this interactive workshop, case studies will be presented to provide a framework for discussion of common ethical questions in research.

Dr. Jeff Dudycha, Professor, Biological Sciences

Dr. Jordan Lewis, Research Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Wednesday, June 18

Jones PSC, Room 002

Creating Your Research Poster

Students will learn how to write a research abstract, as well as how to create an effective research poster.

Dr. Lauren Clark, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research

Wednesday, June 25

Jones PSC, Room 002

Demystifying Graduate School

This workshop will feature a discussion of important topics related to graduate school, including how to decide if graduate school is right for you, how to choose a graduate program, parts of a graduate school application, how to be a competitive applicant, and how to fund a graduate degree.

Kesha Clavon, Director of Recruitment and Student Affairs, Graduate School

Wednesday, July 2

Jones PSC, Room 002

Fellowships for Research and Graduate School

This workshop will provide an overview of fellowships for research and graduate school, as well as a discussion of effective writing for fellowship applications and a chance to draft part of a typical fellowship application.

Jen Bess, Director, National Fellowships

Wednesday, July 9

Jones PSC, Room 002

The Elevator Pitch: Articulating Research Experiences

So, what did you do this summer? In this workshop, you will learn how to describe your research project in a brief and effective elevator pitch and make a positive impression on anyone who asks about your research!

Lauren Epps, Associate Director

Julia Ballou, Program Advisor and Outreach Coordinator

Center for Integrative and Experiential Learning

You can download a printable version of this schedule here, please share with colleagues and students, these workshops are open to everyone!

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