The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) provides students with a multitude of opportunities for professional development and career training in research. OUR’s Research Skills Academy (RSA) consists of a series of research-related workshops that serve to inform and empower students with research training and skills to become research ready.
All RSA workshops are held virtually through Zoom unless noted otherwise. Please click on each workshop link below to learn more about its contents as well as to RSVP!
In addition to RSA webinars, OUR offers research-oriented instructional support for UNLV faculty through classroom presentations. Faculty may request these in-demand trainings below.
Current RSA Workshops
- OUR Open House, Thursday, September 4th, 10:00am - 2:00pm
- Sam Lieberman Regents' Award Information Session, Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:30 - 3:15pm (virtual)
- Launching Your Research Journey Before Professional School, Thursday, September 18, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00 PM (virtual)
- All Things Lab Safety, Monday, September 22, 2025, 1:00 - 3:00 PM (virtual)
- OUR and Career Services: Research to Resume, Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 3:00 - 4:00 PM (virtual)
- Undergraduate Research Symposium Information Session, Thursday, October 2, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00 PM (virtual)
- Research w/ Human Subjects and the IRB Process, Monday, October 6th, 2025, 1:00 - 3:00 PM (virtual)
- Letters of Recommendation 101, Wednesday, October 15th, 2025, 3:00 - 4:00 PM (virtual)
- Research Data Management Workshop, Monday, October 20th, 2025, 2:30 - 3:30 PM
- Undergraduate Research Symposium Information Session, Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 3:00 - 4:00 PM (virtual)
- Crafting an Effective Presentation, Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 10:00 - 11:00 AM (virtual)
- Fake Journals & Real Consequences: Identifying and Avoiding Predatory Publishers, Thursday, November 6, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Frequently Asked Questions
- OUR RSA workshops are held virtually. To attend an RSA workshop, please access the particular workshop and RSVP to the event. Upon completing your name and NSHE ID, you will receive a Webex invitation link.
- Unless otherwise stated, RSA attendees are required to provide a NSHE ID and affiliated rebelmail address.
- OUR repeats most of its RSA workshop programs each semester.
- Although we recommend students to attend OUR workshops using their desktops, laptops, or tablets, students may also dial in. If students elect this access type, then it is up to the student to email OUR a confirmation of their attendance along with the last two digits of the phone number used in dialing.
- OUR regularly partners with UNLV faculty who are interested in having a specific workshop presented to their students. To initiate this process, faculty are encouraged to complete the in-demand form.