Zoom into Research and Creative Work provides opportunities for untapped students to meet faculty, learn about the exciting work they do outside the classroom—and hear the surprising stories of how they got started.

Dr. Corinna Rohse, director of the Student Academic Success Center, will host light-hearted interviews with faculty from a wide range of departments at the beginning of each event.  Student attendees will then meet with faculty hosts in Zoom breakout rooms.

Though students may connect with a potential project mentor, the purpose of the event is to help students see themselves as participants in the academic and creative life of the university—and to explore a range of potential identities.

Students who participate are likely to be surprised by the less direct and more failure-marked stories of the successful faculty behind the impressive headlines—and find more in common.

Note: This event is a virtual version of the UROP Symposium, which we hope to resume as public health guidelines safely allow.