Posted February 28, 2025 by Dan Moser
The fourth annual Student Research Days Slam on April 17 is seeking presenters. Faculty are urged to encourage their students to participate in this opportunity to share their work with a campuswide audience.
The contest will feature graduate and undergraduate students from a variety of disciplines presenting their work in short, engaging presentations. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. at the Nebraska Union Ballroom, with the Slam to follow from noon-1 p.m.
Slam applications will be in the form of a 60-second video “trailer” previewing students’ potential Slam presentation, submitted via Padlet. Only the selection committee will be able to view the videos.
Jocelyn Bosley, research impact coordinator for the Office of Research and Innovation, said the committee is interested in both the content of submissions and in students’ ability to engage the viewer with creativity and narrative skills.
Bosley said students’ video submissions should reflect on the prompt: “If you could travel into the past or the future to tell people about your research or creative endeavor, where would you go, who would you talk with, and what would you tell them?”
Application videos must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. March 27. Five finalists will be selected to present at the Slam. A winner, to be decided by the audience, will receive a $500 prize, and the other finalists will each receive $100.
Attendees must register to attend the event. Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend to support these scholars.
Bosley encouraged faculty to reach out to students to urge them to consider applying for this opportunity to “share their work with their peers in a fun and supportive environment and add a little bling to their C.V.”
For more information, contact Jocelyn Bosley, research impact coordinator.
The Slam is part of Student Research Days April 15-17.
