The Frontiers in Undergraduate Research exhibition provides opportunities for UConn’s talented undergraduate students to share their research and creative projects with the university community. For spring 2025, Frontiers will be offered in a hybrid modality.
- An in-person poster exhibition will be held on Tuesday, April 15th at the Waterbury campus in the Waterbury Main Building Multipurpose Room (MPR) 119 from 12pm - 2pm.
- An in-person poster exhibition will be held on Wednesday, April 16th in the Wilbur Cross North Reading Room on the Storrs campus from 2pm - 3:30pm, 4pm - 5:30pm, and 6pm - 7:30pm.
- An in-person poster exhibition will be held on Tuesday, April 22nd at UConn Stamford in the Welcome Center/Atrium of the Downtown Stamford Building from 4pm - 6pm. This exhibition will include short presentations of electronic posters.
- An online exhibition will go live on Wednesday, April 16th. This exhibition will include posters and short video presentations shared by students on the Frontiers website.
The Spring 2025 Frontiers Submission Form will open on February 24, 2025 and remain open through March 14, 2025.
We invite the university community — especially other undergraduate students — to attend the in-person exhibitions to hear from student researchers and ask questions about their projects and experiences. Come talk with students about the projects they've pursued and what they've learned through their engagement with research and creative activity. We hope you will engage with the Online Exhibition as well by viewing the students' posters and brief videos. Full details about these engagement opportunities will be posted below once event details are finalized.
We thank students, faculty mentors, and staff colleagues for their support of the hybrid Frontiers exhibition. We are excited to have this opportunity to celebrate students’ ideas, questions, explorations, discoveries, and creations both online and on campus.
Information for presenters at Storrs
- The Storrs Exhibition will include three presentation sessions:
- Session 1: Wednesday, April 16th, 2:00-3:30pm
- Session 2: Wednesday, April 16th, 4:00-5:30pm
- Session 3: Wednesday, April 16th, 6:00-7:30pm
- Instructions for Storrs Exhibition presenters
- The 2025 Mentorship Excellence Awards will be presented at a University-wide awards ceremony on May 1, 2025.
- Handouts about Preparing Your Poster (PDF) and Preparing Yourself for a Poster Presentation (PDF)
- All presentations will be set up on poster boards in the Wilbur Cross Building's North Reading Room. Poster space is a 46 inch (vertical) by 70 inch (horizontal) display. There is additional space (approximately 24 inches high) below the poster stand if extra space is needed. The poster boards will be covered with navy blue paper as a background for your display. We will provide pins and staplers for you to mount your posters. Photos from past events illustrate how different students have made use of the available display space.
- As a Frontiers participant you will be representing the University of Connecticut. It is expected that you respect that privilege and dress in professional attire for your presentation.
- You agree to remove your work at the conclusion of your presentation session, and not before. The Office of Undergraduate Research cannot keep any posters for students, so if you cannot be there to remove your own work, please have someone remove it for you or it will be thrown out.
- Poster templates are available from UConn Brand Standards (scroll down to Print Templates). Check with your faculty advisor as individual departments often have specific templates they prefer. You can download official UConn logos here.
- The Office of Undergraduate Research is not able to fund the cost of poster printing for student presenters.
- You can get your poster printed at the UConn Document Production Center, located on Discovery Drive near Parking Services. You should plan to speak with them early about poster size and paper options, finishings, and accepted file types.
Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) staff will also be available at the following times to answer Frontiers questions (both general and poster preparation):
- Thursday, March 27, 1:00-2:00pm - via WebEx
- Wednesday, March 28, 2:00-3:00pm - via WebEx
- Monday, March 31, 3:00-4:00pm - Rowe 110
- Wednesday, April 2, 12:00-1:00pm - via WebEx
- Thursday, April 3, 1:00-2:00pm - Rowe 110
- Friday, April 4, 3:00-4:00pm - Rowe 420
- Monday, April 7, 1:00-3:00pm - Rowe 109
- Tuesday, April 8, 1:00-3:00pm - Rowe 109
Information for Guests at Storrs
- The university community and general public are welcome at Frontiers! The audience typically includes undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni, family, and friends of student presenters.
- The Storrs Exhibition will be held on Wednesday, April 16, and will run in multiple sessions at the times listed below. You may arrive and leave at any time, staying to talk with as many or as few presenters as you wish.
- Session 1: Wednesday, April 16th, 2:00-3:30pm
- Session 2: Wednesday, April 16th, 4:00-5:30pm
- Session 3: Wednesday, April 16th, 6:00-7:30pm
- The exhibition is held in the North Reading Room of the Wilbur Cross Building (WCB on Storrs campus maps). The North Parking Garage (NPRK) and South Parking Garage (SPRK) are approximately equidistant from the Wilbur Cross Building; both offer guest parking paid via app.
- If you require an accommodation in order to participate in this event (e.g., interpreting services), please contact the Office of Undergraduate Research at 860-486-7939 or our@uconn.edu by April 7, 2025.
Storrs Exhibition Program
Information for Presenters at Waterbury
- The Waterbury Exhibition will be held on Tuesday, April 15, from 12:00pm - 2:00pm in the Waterbury Main Building Multipurpose Room (MPR) 119.
- Instructions for Waterbury Exhibition Presenters
- Your poster will be displayed electronically on the Multipurpose Room screen (not printed) during your short presentation at the event. Please do not print your poster for this event.
- While posters can usually be created in a variety of ways (see Poster Format section of Preparing Your Poster.pdf), because you will be displaying your poster electronically on the Multipurpose Room screen and not printing your poster, we recommend completing your poster in PowerPoint in "widescreen” format (16:9 ratio, under "Design" and "Slide size" in PowerPoint).
- We have created a template (download here) to use as starting point, which is specific to the Frontiers – Waterbury in-person event with electronic viewing. Based on the screen’s display, we recommend keeping the overall dimensions of the template the same. After completing your poster, please save it as a PPT/PPTX file type and/or a JPG file type. If you have both PPT/PPTX and JPG, please send both versions.
- You can download official UConn logos here.
- Your poster must be sent to stamfordenrichment@uconn.edu as an attachment in PPT/PPTX and/or JPG file format by Monday, April 7 at 11:59pm.
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- Your presentation of your poster will be a short description of your project, designed for a general audience (timeslot will be confirmed via email after March 14th). More details about the maximum length of your short presentation will be shared after March 14th, when the submission form closes. For now, please see Preparing Yourself for a Poster Presentation.pdf for overall tips for presenting your work in a poster exhibition.
UConn Waterbury will be hosting a drop-in session for students to ask questions, learn more, and seek support in completing the Frontiers submission form. Stop by to ask a question or just bounce ideas around with others:
- Tuesday, March 4, 12:30-1:30pm in WTBY 123F (Library Conference Room)
Waterbury staff will also be available to support students with poster creation and presentation questions.
- Wednesday, April 2, 12:30-1:30pm - via WebEx
Enrichment Programs staff will also be available at the following times to answer Frontiers questions (both general and poster preparation):
Information for Guests at Waterbury
- Presentations will take place from 12:00-2:00pm. You may arrive and leave at any time, staying to listen to as many or as few presenters as you wish.
- The exhibition will be held in the Multipurpose Room of the UConn Waterbury main building.
- Parking Information:
- UConn Waterbury Parking Garage - This garage is UConn Waterbury's primary parking. It is attached to the Main Building. To get there, navigate to 55 North Elm Street. "Pay By Phone" parking is available.
- Scovill Street Parking Garage - This is a public parking garage. It is located across from UConn Waterbury's Main Building and behind the Rectory building. To get there, navigate to 33 Scovill Street.
- If you require an accommodation in order to participate in this event (e.g., interpreting services), please contact the Office of Undergraduate Research at 860-486-7939 or our@uconn.edu by April 4, 2025.
Waterbury Exhibition Schedule
Frontiers 2025 - Waterbury Exhibition Schedule (coming soon)
Information for presenters at Stamford
- The Stamford Exhibition will be held on Tuesday, April 22, from 4:00-6:00pm.
- Instructions for Stamford Exhibition Presenters
- Your poster will be displayed electronically on the Welcome Center screen (not printed) during your short presentation at the event. Please do not print your poster for this event.
- While posters can usually be created in a variety of ways (see Poster Format section of Preparing Your Poster), because you will be displaying your poster electronically on the Welcome Center screen and not printing your poster, we recommend completing your poster using PowerPoint in “widescreen” format (16:9 ratio, suggested custom size of 56 inches x 31.5 inches; go to “Design” then “Slide size” then “Custom slide size” in PowerPoint).
- We have provided a template (download here) to use as a starting point, which is specific to the Frontiers – Stamford in-person event with electronic viewing. Based on the screen’s display, we recommend keeping the 3 equal-sized columns (each 18 inches wide) as displayed on the template, for best display results, but you can change headings/colors/style/number of boxes, height of boxes, etc. to fit your needs and any recommendations from your faculty mentor. After completing your poster, please save it as a PPT/PPTX file type and/or a JPG file type. If you have both PPT/PPTX and JPG, please send both versions.
- You can download official UConn logos here.
- Your poster must be sent to stamfordenrichment@uconn.edu as an attachment in PPT/PPTX and/or JPG file format by Tuesday, April 15 at 11:59pm.
- Your presentation of your poster will be a short description of your project, designed for a general audience (timeslot will be confirmed via email). More details about the maximum length of your short presentation will be shared after March 14, when the submission form closes. For now, please see Preparing Yourself for a Poster Presentation for overall tips for presenting your work in a poster exhibition.
Enrichment Programs staff will be available to answer questions specific to the Stamford in-person event and electronic poster creation at the following times. Join to ask a question or just bounce ideas around with others:
- Wednesday, April 2, 12:30-1:30pm - via WebEx
- Thursday, April 3, 9:00am-10:00am - via WebEx
- Wednesday, April 9, 2:00-3:00pm - via WebEx
Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) staff will also be available at the following times to answer Frontiers questions (both general and poster preparation):
Information for Guests at Stamford
- Presentations will take place from 4:00-6:00pm. You may arrive and leave at any time, staying to listen to as many or as few presenters as you wish.
- The exhibition will be held in the Welcome Center/Atrium of the Downtown Stamford Building. This is on the first floor, in the atrium outside of the 109 auditorium.
- “Pay by Phone” parking is available at the 1194 Washington Boulevard UConn Stamford surface lot.
- If you require an accommodation in order to participate in this event (e.g., interpreting services), please contact the Office of Undergraduate Research at 860-486-7939 or our@uconn.edu by April 11, 2025.
Stamford Exhibition Schedule
Frontiers 2025 - Stamford Exhibition Schedule (coming soon)
Online Exhibition
Information for Virtual Presenters
You may find the following resources helpful as you prepare your virtual Frontiers presentation:
- Preparing Your Poster
- Preparing Your Video Presentation
- Recording and Captioning Your Video Presentation - We recommend using WebEx or PowerPoint to record your video presentation. We recommend limiting your slides to no more than 3-5 slides for a 2-3 minute video. Focus on highlights of your project and consider selecting visual elements and/or excerpts from your poster. Keep in mind that you may record only yourself speaking, a combination of yourself speaking and visual content, or visual content with your voice only.
OUR staff will also be available to answer questions and provide assistance on WebEx at the following times: