Dates & times
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- 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
UAB’s 2026 Graduate Research Symposium: Student Research and Life Beyond the Degree
Graduate students can present a poster, give a lightning talk or do both at UAB’s annual College of Arts & Sciences symposium. A featured lecture by Dr. Levon T. Esters widens the focus from research communication to thriving in graduate school and preparing for what follows.
Two ways to share graduate research
The symposium gives graduate students a choice of presentation format: a poster, a lightning talk or both. UAB’s College of Arts & Sciences describes the annual gathering as a place for research exchange among scholars, faculty and the wider university community.
Those options make student work a central part of the event, but the listing does not name presenters or research topics. Visitors therefore won’t find a published roster for choosing a particular project to see.
Further reading: 2026 CAS Graduate Research Symposium - The University of Alabama at Birmingham ↗
The question beyond the research
The featured speaker is Dr. Levon T. Esters, Pennsylvania State University’s Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Fox Graduate School. His lecture, “Beyond the Degree: Thriving in Graduate School and Preparing for What Comes Next,” brings the experience of graduate education and plans beyond a degree into a program otherwise centered on student research.
The announced title indicates the lecture’s broad subject, but the event information does not outline its specific advice or give it a start time. The listing supplies overall symposium hours rather than a running order, so visitors can’t use it to plan around an individual talk or the lecture.
Further reading: 2026 CAS Graduate Research Symposium - The University of Alabama at Birmingham ↗
Student presentations and a visiting lecture
The listed program pairs graduate-student research presentations with Esters’s lecture. UAB gives the overall event hours but no presentation order, individual presentation times or lecture start time.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 · Not specified
- Graduate students may present posters and/or lightning talks; individual presenters and the presentation order are not listed.
- Guest lecture by Dr. Levon T. Esters, “Beyond the Degree: Thriving in Graduate School and Preparing for What Comes Next.”
Plan your visit
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
The symposium is scheduled for 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. CST.
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Alumni House Ballroom
The event is at UAB National Alumni Society House, 1301 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205.
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Attendees: register by Nov. 10
UAB asks people planning to attend to register by Tuesday, November 10, 2026, using the event’s online registration form.
The separate deadline to register to present a poster and/or lightning talk was Sunday, October 18, 2026; that date has passed.
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Listed price: $0
The event listing records a price of $0. Attendees are asked to register by November 10.
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UAB students, faculty and staff
UAB lists current students and faculty and staff as target audiences. The event information does not clarify whether registration is open to the general public; people outside those groups should confirm eligibility before making plans.
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Getting there
Event location and directions
The symposium is in the Alumni House Ballroom at UAB National Alumni Society House, 1301 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205. The event page offers map links for public transit, driving and walking; use them to calculate directions from your own starting point.
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Parking and access
The event information does not specify parking, an entrance or accessibility arrangements for the symposium. UAB’s campus map provides layers for parking, accessible parking and accessible entrances, but the supplied information does not confirm event-specific arrangements.
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Before you make a plan
What presentation formats can graduate students use?
Students may register to present a poster, give a lightning talk or do both. The October 18 presenter-registration deadline has passed.
2026 CAS Graduate Research Symposium - The University of Alabama at Birmingham ↗
When does the featured lecture begin?
The listing does not give the lecture’s start time or a running order; it provides only the symposium’s overall hours, 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. CST.
2026 CAS Graduate Research Symposium - The University of Alabama at Birmingham ↗
What is the listed admission price?
The event’s structured listing records a price of $0. Attendees are asked to register by November 10, 2026.
2026 CAS Graduate Research Symposium - The University of Alabama at Birmingham ↗
Is registration open to the general public?
UAB lists current students and faculty and staff as target audiences but does not clarify whether general-public registration is available.
2026 CAS Graduate Research Symposium - The University of Alabama at Birmingham ↗
Location & Google Maps
UAB National Alumni Society House, Alumni House Ballroom
1301 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205
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