Schwartz Discover Grant Professional Development Series

2025 Summer Series Schedule

All sessions are on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

A limited number of seats will be open to all University of Rochester undergraduate students who are on campus this summer.

Pre-registration is required for each week’s upcoming session. Registration for each session opens the Thursday prior.


  1. Time Management

    Presented by: The Learning Center, Robin Frye
    Location: Computer Studies Building, room 209

  2. Applying to Graduate School

    Presented by: Graduate Education, Aisling Sive; student panel
    Location: Computer Studies Building, room 209

  3. Applying to Medical School

    Presented by: SMD Office of Admissions, Michelle Vogl; Career Center, Jonathan Bratt
    Location: Computer Studies Building, room 601

  4. Networking and Informational Interviews

    Presented by: Career Center, Jonathan Bratt and Scott Sheehan
    Location: Computer Studies Building, room 209

  5. Writing in Your Discipline—Engineering

    Presented by: UR faculty in engineering
    Location: Computer Studies Building, room 209

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  6. Writing in Your Discipline—Natural Sciences

    Presented by: UR faculty in natural sciences
    Location: Goergen Hall, room 108

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  7. Writing in Your Discipline—Social Sciences and Humanities

    Presented by: UR faculty in social sciences and humanities
    Location: Computer Studies Building, room 601

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  8. Applying for Fellowships

    Presented by: Student Fellowships Office, Belinda Redden and Juliet Sullivan
    Location: Computer Studies Building, room 209

  9. Talking About Your Research to Lay Audiences

    Presented by: Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program
    Location: Goergen Hall, room 101

  10. Conference-going 101

    Presented by: Office of Undergraduate Research, Emily Rendek; Department of Biology, Faye Romero and Alicia Shipley
    Location: Goergen Hall, room 101

  11. Crafting a Research Poster—Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Applicable Social Sciences

    Presented by: URMC Computational Biology, Dana Boebinger
    Location: Goergen Hall, room 101

  12. Crafting a Research Poster—Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences

    Presented by: Office of Undergraduate Research, Emily Rendek
    Location: Goergen Hall, room 109