PURC Symposium

Symposium participants and attendees talking during a poster session in the Livermore Library.
Each April, the Mary Livermore Library comes alive as UNC Pembroke students share the research and creative work they've been building all year. The 2026 PURC Symposium will be held on Wednesday, April 8th, in the Library Commons Area and Reading Room, with presentations running throughout the day. Whether presenting a poster, delivering an oral talk, mounting an exhibit or performing original work, participants leave with something that goes well beyond a line on a résumé — and visitors leave with a clear sense of what undergraduate scholarship looks like at UNCP..

Symposium Information

PURC Symposium

Registration & Abstract Submissions

Ready to participate? Registration and abstract submission for the PURC Symposium are handled through myUNCP, where you'll find everything you need to get started, including deadlines and submission guidelines..

Register and Submit Your Abstract

Overhead view of an undgraduate researcher presenting her work to a faculty member duing a poster session at the symposium at UNC Pembroke.

Research Posters

Presenting a poster? Submission details, formatting requirements, and design resources are all available on myUNCP, ensuring you have everything you need to put your best work forward.

Poster Submission Details

 

PURC for All Disciplines

Art student, Bethani Paul, standing in front of her paintings of Morse Code for an interview about UNCP's undergraduate research symposium.
Research always felt like too much to me and then, when I did PURC, it helped me realize that there are a lot of things that could be considered research. I like starting from a research basis and then building my work.

Bethani Paul

Art: Studio Track

Art student, wearing a colorful dress, posing in front of her painting of morse code.

Art student in her cap an gown at winter commencement.