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2026 Graduate Research Symposium

A page within Undergraduate Research & Creativity

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Two students present their graduate research poster to an onlooker at the 2025 Research & Creativity Symposium.

The 2026 Graduate Research Symposium will occur on the morning of May 1, 2026, prior to the start of the UW Symposium. These two events are replacing the Research & Creativity Symposium (ReCS) for 2026 ONLY - ReCS will return in 2027.

Join us in Cleary Center for ~80 poster presentations by graduate students. Presentations will be from 7:30 am to 9:30 am.

Questions? Please contact srcel@uwlax.edu.

Submitting your abstract

Poster abstracts for the 2026 Graduate Research Symposium will be accepted January 26 - March 15.

Presenters, before you register, make sure to have the following information available:

  • Names and UWL email addresses for your co-presenter(s)
  • Names and UWL email addresses (or institutional affiliation, for non-UWL individuals) for your co-author(s)
  • Names and UWL email addresses (or institutional affiliation, for non-UWL individuals) for your mentor(s)
  • Funding sources, if any, for your project (students - talk to your faculty mentor about this before beginning the survey)
  • Final presentation title
  • Final abstract (recommended 200-word limit, absolute 1500-character limit including spaces)
  • Presentation sessions will be 55 minutes for poster presentations - you will need to choose at least 1 session option.
    • Session A - 7:30 am - 8:25 am
    • Session B - 8:35 am - 9:30 am

After your registration is complete, you should receive an email with a summary of your responses.

Presentation Guidance

These guidelines will give you specific details about how to format your poster presentation at the 2026 Graduate Research Symposium, as well as some general ideas to think about in preparing any presentation of your work.

Eligibility to Present

All UWL graduate students engaged in collaborative or independent research are eligible to present. Participants of all disciplines are welcome. The project does not have to be funded by a UWL faculty, staff, or student grant in order to be presented at the 2026 Graduate Research Symposium.

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