REU 2026 Resources
Orientation
June 4 & 5 from 9 - 10:30 am PT.
June 4: breakout room activity 1 and activity 2
June 5: Meet the COLDEX team slide deck, Handbook Scavenger Hunt
Weekly Workshops
All workshops are on Thursdays from 9-10:30am PT unless otherwise noted. Workshop presentations are stored on the Google Drive.
June 11: Working with your mentor
Pre-work: Reflection
Activities: What would you do?, Mentorship Agreement, NACE Journals
June 18: How to read a research paper
Pre-work: Read a scientific paper using a template
Activities: Peer Review Process, Abstract Skeleton, past REUs’ AGU abstracts
June 25: Intro to graduate school part 1
Pre-work: Graduate school reflection
Resources: Emailing a potential advisor, Grad school decision worksheet
July 2: Intro to graduate school part 2
Pre-work: continue adding questions into the Graduate school reflection
July 9: Non-academic careers panel
July 16: Navigating research conferences
July 23: AI in Research: using it responsibly & thinking critically
July 30: Talking about your research with other academics
August 6: No workshop - COLDEX Annual Meeting
August 13: Building your professional toolkit
Office Hours
Weekly on Tuesday from 10-11 am (except 6/23) with Dr. Keely Corder via Zoom
A crash course into polar science to get you up to speed! Work at your own pace.
Other Events of Potential Interest
June 5: Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit hosted by CU Boulder (2 - 4pm MT). Register here.
June 12: COLDEX Teaching 101 Miniseries - Teaching Statements led by Mindy Nicewonger (1-2:30pm PT). Zoom link here.
June 15: Open Questions in Ice Sheet Boundary Conditions: Basal, Ocean, and Atmosphere hosted by Cornell’s Institute for the Study of Continents. Register via Zoom.
June 26: COLDEX Teaching 101 Miniseries - Active Learning & Backwards design led by Mindy Nicewonger (1-2:30pm PT). Zoom link here.
July 10: COLDEX Teaching 101 Miniseries - Inclusive Course Design led by Mindy Nicewonger (1-2:30pm PT). Zoom link here.
Polar & Early Career Science Organizations
PSECCO: Polar Science Early Career Community Office and their community Slack
CRYOLIST: email mailing list for the global cryospheric community (think job announcements, events, etc.)
Es_jobs_net: email mailing list for Earth Science jobs and announcements.
Resources for Posters
PowerPoint Poster Template - 48” x 36” (AGU Style)
Formatting Guidelines - in general, larger text is better!
2025 REU Posters (for reference!)