17th Annual Landmark Summer Research Symposium

The Landmark Summer Research Symposium brings together undergraduate researchers from the Landmark Conference Schools. Students will present the results of their faculty/student collaborative research in posters or oral presentation sessions. This year the event will be held at Goucher College in Towson, MD on Thursday, July 16. Lunch will be provided starting at 11:15 a.m. in Mary Fisher Dining Hall. The symposium will conclude by 4:30 p.m.

Registration

All participants must register for the conference using the Landmark Summer Research Symposium Registration Form. Registration deadline is Thursday, July 2.

Abstracts

All participants must submit an abstract by filling out the Landmark Symposium Abstract Submission Form. The deadline for abstract submission is Tuesday, July 7.

Your abstract should be 250 words or less and summarize the important aspects of your research, from background through (potential) conclusions or impact of your analysis. AI may be used in compiling the abstract book and schedule. We will use an internal AI so that your research information is not sent back out to AI developers.

Presentations

Oral presentations

All presentation rooms will be equipped with appropriate audio/visual equipment. Oral presentations should be no more than twelve minutes in length with an additional three minutes allowed for questions.

If you are presenting an oral presentation, we ask that you share a link to your presentation or the presentation file. File names should start with your family name first, for example "Lenkowski Landmark presentation". If you would like to upload a PowerPoint file (.PPTX), please do so using the portal for submitting oral presentation slides.

Presentations will be loaded onto a computer, so it is important that we have your files by Wednesday July 15.

Posters

Poster stands, boards, and pushpins will be provided. Posters should be 48 inches wide by 36 inches tall. Some posters will be displayed in a room with bulletin board walls.

Parking

Please park in the North Lot (on the far left side of the Goucher Campus Map) and walk up the hill to the lower lobby of Julia Rogers (#13 on the Campus Map) for registration. Take the first left past the gatehouse to get on the loop road to access the North Lot.

Schedule of events for July 16, 2026

Time Event
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Registration Table Open - Lower Lobby of Julia Rogers Building (#13 on Goucher Campus Map)
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Lunch in Mary Fisher Dining Hall (#15 on Goucher Campus Map)
12:30 - 12:45 p.m. Opening Remarks - Kelley Lecture Hall (#12a on Goucher Campus Map)
1 - 2:15 p.m. Concurrent Session #1 (Talks and Posters) in Julia Rogers (#13), Van Meter (#22) and Meyerhoff (#16) buildings
2:30 - 3:45 p.m. Concurrent Session #2 (Talks and Posters) in Julia Rogers (#13), Van Meter (#22) and Meyerhoff (#16) buildings
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Light refreshments - Location TBA

An Abstract Book with room locations will be posted once all abstracts are received.

Conference organizing committee

The Landmark Summer Research Symposium is organized by the following committee members: