The 2025 URSCA Symposium will be on Wednesday, 9 April. This will be Concordia’s 16th annual student research and creative scholarship event, and the 12th full-day event. Also known as COSS, the URSCA Symposium is an in-person event on campus with the central hub of activity located in the Knutson Campus Center Centrum. Students present their work in poster sessions, art exhibitions, and concurrent sessions. Other features include department and program sessions, awards, prizes, and swag. Friends, family, and the public are invited to attend.
Concordia welcomes abstract submissions from all students in any discipline who have conducted mentored research or creative scholarship. Projects conducted in the summer or academic year, on or off campus, for credit or not, are all eligible for presentation at the URSCA Symposium. Speak to your URSCA mentor about submitting an abstract!
Students of all disciplines and years are invited to submit their abstract(s) to present at the symposium. Abstracts are reviewed, then students are notified of acceptance and organized into presentation sessions. In poster sessions, students share their research on large-format printed posters or art exhibitions as visitors move throughout the space. In concurrent sessions, students deliver presentations verbally to a seated audience and may use visual aids such as Powerpoint, music clips, digital art, etc. In concurrent sessions, there are multiple rooms with presentations occurring simultaneously.
IMPORTANT 2025 DATES
Abstract submissions open: 31 January
Deadline to submit an abstract, register for the event, and opt into the presentation competition: 12 March
Acceptance notifications sent by: 17 March
URSCA Mentor of the Year Nominations due: 19 March
Competition video abstract due: 7 April
URSCA Symposium (COSS): 9 April
URSCA SYMPOSIUM MISSION
The Celebration of Student Scholarship URSCA Symposium provides undergraduate students from all disciplines and levels of experience the opportunity to present high-quality research, scholarship, and creative works in a public venue; to connect with alumni; and to explore the intersections of research, vocation, and career preparation. COSS invites students, staff, faculty, alumni, and the broader community to engage with student presenters as they showcase their achievements through research and creative scholarship of a variety of formats.
