Schedule
Summer Schedule. WW = Writing Workshop, RS = Research Seminar, SW = Skills Workshop
*This is a tentative schedule and is subject to change.
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Week |
Day |
Events |
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1 |
S-M |
Move in, Meet other participants, Memorial Day Welcome Picnic |
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T-F |
Orientation (schedule on website) |
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S/S |
Memphis Botanical Garden Trip with the Botany Club |
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2 |
T |
WW: Considering your audience and explaining your work |
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W |
RS: Dr. Bernie Daigle - molecular |
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Stats workshop/data analysis methods |
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F |
SW: Research ethics |
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S/S |
Memphis Zoo Trip with the Zoology Club |
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3 |
M |
Bi-weekly mentor lunch, Individual student meetings with REU PIs |
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|
T |
WW: Conducting a literature review, writing an annotated bibliography |
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W |
RS: Dr. Shawn Brown – molecular, population |
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Stats workshop/data analysis methods |
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F |
SW: Research opportunities - grad school and beyond |
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S/S |
Levitt Shell concert |
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4 |
M |
Pathways to Professions panel |
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T |
WW: Writing a literature review |
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W |
RS: Dr. Duane McKenna – molecular, organismal |
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Stats workshop/data analysis methods |
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F |
SW: Creating an effective poster |
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S/S |
Meeman-Shelby Forest Hike and Tour of Field Station |
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5 |
M |
Bi-weekly mentor lunch, Individual student meetings with REU PIs |
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T |
WW: Peer review of lit reviews, writing methods |
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W |
RS: Dr. Yongmei Wong – molecular, cellular |
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Stats workshop/data analysis methods |
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F |
SW: Developing a research trajectory |
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S/S |
Memphis Redbirds game |
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6 |
T |
WW: Peer review of methods, writing results |
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W |
RS: Dr. Amy Abell - cellular |
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Stats workshop/data analysis methods |
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F |
SW: Finding a graduate school lab/program/job |
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S/S |
4th of July Picnic |
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7 |
M |
Bi-weekly mentor lunch, Individual student meetings with REU PIs |
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|
T |
WW: Peer review of results, writing an introduction and discussion |
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W |
RS: Dr. Leigh Boardman - organismal |
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Stats workshop/data analysis methods |
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F |
SW: Writing an abstract |
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S/S |
Civil Rights Museum |
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8 |
M |
Pathways to Professions panel |
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T |
WW: Peer review of student research papers |
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W |
RS: Dr. Philip Kohlmeier - organismal |
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Th |
Stats workshop/data analysis methods |
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F |
SW: Peer review of posters, presenting a poster |
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S/S |
Pink Palace Trip |
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9 |
M |
Bi-weekly mentor lunch, Individual student meetings with REU PIs |
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|
T |
WW: Faculty review of student research papers |
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|
W |
RS: Dr. Emily Puckett - population |
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F |
SW: Developing a CV |
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S/S |
Shelby Farms Trip |
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10 |
W |
RS: Dr. Vinhthuy Phan - community |
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R |
Research Symposium |
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F-S |
Lab checkout, Closing picnic, and Move out |