Event Details

CARS 2024

The showcase of students' work will be Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in person on campus. 

Undergraduate classes are suspended until 6 p.m. that day, to enable students and faculty to attend.

Schedule

Apply to Participate in CARS

Identify a faculty sponsor and confirm their agreement to sponsor/approve your endeavor.

Carefully read and follow the appropriate guidelines for your chosen participation format (described below). Consult with your faculty sponsor if no guidelines are available.

Submit your proposal by March 8. Be sure you use the exact wording you want to see in the official CARS 2024 Program! Your faculty mentor might provide you with some feedback and ask you to edit your abstract, but otherwise the CARS Committee will not edit the information you provide on your proposal form for spelling, grammar, etc.

  • NOTE: If you are applying to present as a group, your group only needs to submit one application!

Presentation Formats

Poster Presentation

2024 CARS Poster Presentation Guidelines

If you have questions, please contact your faculty sponsor or Ashley Zaleppa.

Not sure how to design a poster? 

Consultation with your faculty sponsor is recommended before using one of the templates below. Feel free to use these templates as a starting point and use your best judgment in designing your poster. Please make sure the logos have a white background.

3' x 4' Templates:

Paper Presentation

2024 CARS Paper Presentation Guidelines

Life Hack: Asking (and Answering) Good Questions at a Conference

If you have questions, please contact your faculty sponsor or Dr. Francesca Gentile.

Performance

2024 CARS Performing Arts Guidelines

If you have questions, please contact your faculty sponsor or Dr. Octavio Vazquez.

Community Engaged Scholarship

2024 CARS Community Engaged Scholarship Presentation Guidelines

If you have questions, please contact your faculty sponsor or Dr. Ed Wiltse.

CME

Did you do a really cool CME project that you'd like to share? Talk with your CME instructor and/or Dr. Scott Campbell.

Honors

Check in with Dr. Stephanie Zamule for more information!

SOARS

SOARS participants typically deliver a 10-15 minute oral presentation followed by a question and answer period.

Reach out to your faculty mentor or Dr. Megan Tobin in the Office of Research, Scholarship, and Innovation if you have any questions.

SPARK

SPARK participants can sign up to to present posters, papers, performances, or community engaged scholarship.

Reach out to your faculty mentor or Dr. Megan Tobin in the Office of Research, Scholarship, and Innovation if you have any questions.

Class assignment examples

These assignments were created for previous in-person CARS events. Hopefully, they will spark some inspiration!

Key Dates

March 8: Deadline to submit application to present during CARS 2024

March 31: Deadline to reserve poster printing funding (link in your acceptance email)

April 1-12: Submit posters to Media Services for printing

April 23: CARS 2024

Information for Faculty

This year we are asking faculty sponsors to review proposals before they are forwarded to the CARS Committee. The main goal of this review is to ensure the abstracts are ready to be included in the CARS 2024 program.

CARS 2024 Visitors

We invite all Nazareth community members, their families and friends, as well as the Rochester community to join us on campus as Nazareth students showcase their creative activity and research on Tuesday, April 23, 2024!

Recommended parking lots include Visitor lot F, the Arts Center lot (A) or parking by the stadium (lot P) if these are full. Please observe all parking restrictions.

Campus map for CARS