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Celebration of Scholarly Achievement & Community Engagement (CSACE)

Annual Scholarly Research and Publication Event

19th Annual
Celebration of Scholarly Achievement & Community Engagement

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Thursday, April 9, 2026
McNichols | Whitty Student Fitness Center
Noon-4:30 PM

19th Annual CSACE: April 9, 2026

McNichols | Whitty Student Fitness Center

The Celebration of Scholarly Achievement & Community Engagement (CSACE) is a university-wide event showcasing more than 200 research presentations, including research posters, artistic displays, robotics, 3D models, lightning talks, and more. CSACE highlights exemplary work from across all campuses and serves as an opportunity to celebrate the academic, scholarly, and creative accomplishments of our university community throughout the academic year.

2026 Event Schedules

  • 12:00-2:00 PM: Presentations, exhibits on displays
    • Subway Box Lunch provided on a first-come, first-served basis
  • 2:15-4:30 PM: Lightning-Talks (Center stage)
    • Moderated by The Research Roundtable

Be Our Guest

Friends and family invited to join the celebration!
CSACE 2026 Poster Session Directory

Thank You to Our Sponsors

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Presenter Information

Dates to Remember

  • March 26 | Deadline for Poster Printing
  • March 27 | Deadline for Lightning-talk PowerPoint Submission
  • April 9 | CSACE Symposium, Lunch, Lightning-talks

Wednesday, April 8 | CSACE Presenter Setup

  • 12 Noon – 6:00 PM: Presenter check-in & set-up in the Fitness Center
    • Identify your presenting location
    • Ensure your required equipment or poster is available
    • Pick-up your presenter event t-shirt (event t-shirts may be warn during the symposium, but are not required) 

Thursday, April 9 | CSACE Event Schedule

  • 8:00-11:00 AM: Presenter late check-in & set-up
  • 12:00-2:00 PM: Presentations, exhibits on displays
    • Subway Box Lunch provided on a first-come, first-served basis 
  • 2:15-4:30 PM: Lightning-Talks (Center stage)
    • Moderated by The Research Roundtable

Poster Specifications

  • Size: 36″ x 48″ Landscape ONLY
  • White Background (Posters with large solid-colored areas will need to be printed independently by the presenter)
  • Poster PowerPoint Template Provided Here (compliments of E&S)
    IMPORTANT! Posters that do not conform to the required template size and dimensions will not be printed, as there will be no time for printer-side edits.

Poster Printing

  • Posters are due to printer by March 26, 2026 by 5 PM
  • Please note that any posters not submitted by the deadline will need to be printed independently. We will not be able to accommodate late submissions.
Submit Your Poster for Printing

Lightning Talks Presentations
Student Awards, Research, Poetry, etc.

  • April 9 | 2:15 (SHARP)-4:30 PM | Fitness Center – Main Stage
  • 5 minute max per presenter
  • Stage, podium, microphone, laptop and screen provided
  • All final PowerPoint presentations must be submitted by March 27, 2026, by 5PM
  • All PowerPoints must be formatted/size Widescreen (16:9) Template available here
  • Each presenter must submit at least one introduction slide with presenter name & presentation title.
  • Student Moderators (will oversee the event)
  • You will be contacted by the moderators with submission instructions and presentation time slots
  • As a courtesy to all presenters, we kindly request that all presenters stay for the duration of the Lightning-talk session. 
  • Awardee Group Photo at 2:05 PM.

Celebration of Scholarly Achievement & Community Engagement

Thursday, April 9, 2026

In order for everyone to participate in the activities planned for Celebration of Scholarly Achievement the class schedule on Thursday, April 9, 2026 will be adjusted to create a free period from 11:20 am-2:00 pm. Afternoon classes starting at 2:00 pm and after will meet at the regularly scheduled time. We look forward to your participation at the event.

Faculty that normally teach their classes on Thursday need to adjust their plan of instruction and inform their students of the changed schedule for this ONE day only. Most class periods in the morning will change from 75-minute to 50-minute periods or as noted below for those classes that are not normally 75 minutes.

ALL classroom assignments REMAIN THE SAME as the normal class time.

Morning Classes that normally meet

8:00-9:50 will meet 8:00-9:20

8:00-10:50 will meet 8:00-10:20

8:00-11:50 will meet 8:00-11:20

8:30-9:45 will meet 8:30-9:20

9:00-9:50 will meet 8:30-9:20

9:00-11:30 will meet 8:30-10:20

9:30-11:50 will meet 9:30-11:20

9:30-12:15 will meet 9:30-11:20

9:55-11:10 will meet 9:30-10:20

9:55-12:35 will meet 9:30-11:20

10:00-10:50 will meet 9:30-10:20

10:00-12:30 will meet 9:30-11:20

11:00-12:50 will meet 10:30-11:20

11:20-12:35 will meet 10:30-11:20

For more information on the event and planning please contact Michele Favoretto at favoremi@udmercy.edu