Locations:

Session 1A: UC 326

Session 1B: UC 327

Session 1C: UC 330

Session 1D: UC 331

Session 1E: UC 332

Session 1F: UC 333

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At first glance, prayer, guns, and civil rights don’t seem to go together. Little would appear to connect religion, weapons, and social movements. Yet this talk will explain the connections among the three and show how those connections reveal practical lessons about how to craft new research questions. Students in the hard sciences, humanities, social sciences, business, and other disciplines where research remains central will discover the importance of building sand piles, mapping mentalities, and sorting socks (among other engaging insights) in creating knowledge of the world around us. Rather than a dry and intimidating process, research can become a creative, energizing, and collaborative project, one that undergraduate students can contribute to in real and measurable ways. Based on a study of how one researcher came to compare public prayer by civil rights activists and the public presentation of guns by black power advocates, the talk promises to inform and excite about the invigorating challenge of research in any discipline.

Locations:

Session 2A: UC 326

Session 2B: UC 327

Session 2C: UC 330

Session 2D: UC 331

Session 2E: UC 332

Have you ever done research and been surprised by how much you enjoyed it?

Have you discovered issues that you’re passionate about and feel as if you’ve only just begun to work on them?

Have your professors ever said you should think about grad school?

If so, you should join Bridget Whearty for this frank and engaging conversation about graduate school.

Learn more about “grad school” and how to decide if it’s right for you, get insider tips on picking out schools and programs to apply to, find out how to manage the application process, and learn survival tips for life in grad school!

This session is open to all students – from those who are unsure about what they want to do next to those who have always wanted to go to grad school.

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Locations:

Session 3A: UC 326

Session 3B: UC 327

Session 3C: UC 330