Research Day 2025: Curiosity, Creativity, and Conversation

Save the date for Salem State's annual celebration of undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research and creative activities! Sponsored by Academic Affairs, Frederick E. Berry Library, the School of Graduate Studies, and the Research Day Committee.

This year's Research Day theme is Curiosity, Creativity, and Conversation. We'll connect with one another and proudly share our accomplishments via poster presentations, panel sessions, and performances in this day-long conference. Friends, families, and community members are warmly invited to join!

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

The Research Day proposal and registration form will be made available by Monday, February 10, 2025. Check back here to access the form!

Proposal submission deadline: Monday, March 3 at 11:59 pm

Notifications of acceptance will be sent by Monday, March 31.

Posters printed by the SSU Copy Center (and funded for by the Research Day committee) must be submitted by Sunday, April 20, 11:59 pm.

Schedule of Events | May 2, 2025

Opening Performances

10:30-11 am | Recital Hall, Classroom Building/Bertolon School of Business

Undergraduate Poster Session

11:15 am-12:15 pm | Classroom Building/Bertolon School of Business 

Posters displayed in Bertolon Café, 

Lightning Talk presentations in CC 111, 112

Building Inclusive Academic Communities (BIAC) Plenary

12:30-1:30 pm | Petrowski Room, Marsh Hall 

Lunch provided for all attendees!

Research Day panel session I

2-3 pm | Classroom Building/Bertolon School of Business 

Concurrent panel sessions

Research Day panel session II

3:15-4:15 pm | Classroom Building/Bertolon School of Business

• Concurrent panel sessions
• Lightning Talks

Faculty and Graduate Poster Session and Publication Celebration

4:30-6 pm | Classroom Building/Bertolon School of Business

• Faculty and graduate posters displayed in Bertolon Café
• Refreshments, awards, faculty publication display, and closing remarks