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ICUR 2025 Schedule

Day One: Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Time (in Mountain Time)ProgramSession description
8:00 AM – 9:00 AMCHECK-IN AND POSTER SETUP
Simplot Ballroom		Day 1 poster presenters will set up posters
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM ICUR OPENING SESSION
Jordan Ballroom
Welcome | What to Expect
Light continental breakfast will be served 8:00 a.m. onwards
9:15 AM – 10:45 AM WORKSHOP: STORY OF YOUR CREATIVE ACTIVITY AND RESEARCH
Jordan Ballroom
In this workshop by Story Collider, get the opportunity to make connections and craft stories of your research and creative activity. The goal of the workshop is to prepare you to have meaningful conversations about your work.
10:45 AM -11 AM
Break
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MEET A PROFESSOR
Jordan Ballroom		Take turns meeting with professors and hear them share their research processes, how they work through the different steps of their project and what decisions they make.
12:00 PM – 1:15 PMLunchPresentation celebrating 25 years of INBRE will begin at 12:45 PM
12:00 PM – 4:00 PMMAKERLAB TOURS*
Albertsons Library
Tour Boise State’s most accessible makerspace and discover how the MakerLab collaborates with individual researchers, labs, and the broader Boise community to foster scholarly conversations worldwide. Visitors will have the opportunity to laser etch a wooden keychain.
1:30 PM – 3:30 PMPOSTER PRESENTATIONS: DAY 1
Simplot Ballroom		Check out student posters and learn more about the amazing research and creative activity projects they have been working on.
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Transition
3:45 PM – 4:45 PMGRADUATE VOICES: RESEARCH, CHALLENGES AND TRIUMPHS
Jordan Ballroom		In this panel, you will hear insights, tips and experiences on navigating graduate school and what it looks like for different disciplines.
4:50 PM – 5:00 PMDAY 1 CLOSING SESSION
Jordan Ballroom		Day 1 Recap | Day 2
Preview
5:00 PMGAMES AND DINNER
Games Center, first floor, SUB		Hang out with your peers over a casual dinner with bowling, pool, ping pong, and air hockey. We will meet at 5:45 p.m. for an optional walk to the Blue Turf for photos.

**This is an optional, self-guided activity. Tours are available on a walk-in basis at designated times and have an approximate duration of 30 minutes which includes walking time to and from Albertsons Library. Directions to the library are available on the ICUR Linktree .

Day Two: Thursday, July 17, 2025

Time (in Mountain Time)ProgramSession description
8:00 AM – 9:00 AMCHECK-IN AND POSTER SETUP
Simplot Ballroom		Day 2 poster presenters will set up posters
NSF EPSCoR ICREWS Community of Practice gathering
Jordan Ballroom		*By invitation only
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM ICUR DAY 2 WELCOME
Jordan Ballroom
Welcome to Day 2 | What to Expect
Light continental breakfast will be served 8:00 a.m. onwards
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM LIGHTNING TALKS
Jordan Ballroom
Come hear students talk about their research and creative activity in 3 minutes, with 1 slide.
10:15 AM -10:30 AM
Transition—
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM POSTER PRESENTATIONS: ROUND B
Simplot Ballroom		Check out student posters and learn more about the amazing research and creative activity projects they have been working on.
10:30 AM – 2:00 PMMAKERLAB TOURS*
Albertsons Library		Tour Boise State’s most accessible makerspace and discover how the MakerLab collaborates with individual researchers, labs, and the broader Boise community to foster scholarly conversations worldwide. Visitors will have the opportunity to laser etch a wooden keychain.
12:45 PM – 1:45 PMLUNCH AND CLOSING
Jordan Ballroom		Take a moment to reflect on the learning and sharing.
Box lunches will be available.

**This is an optional, self-guided activity. Tours are available on a walk-in basis at designated times and have an approximate duration of 30 minutes which includes walking time to and from Albertsons Library. Directions to the library are available on the ICUR Linktree .

Learn more about sessions and speakers on the Session and Speaker details page.