Poster Workshop, Fall 2024
Tuesday, October 22nd
4:00-5:00pm 120 BHC (Belin Honors Center)
Are you planning on presenting at the Fall Undergraduate Research Festival?
OUR research ambassadors will be presenting a workshop on how to make and organize a research poster! The ambassadors all have experience giving poster presentations, and they will be able to answer specific questions and review poster drafts. If you have drafts you can share, we can review what you have so far. Stop by for help and feedback on your poster.
Poster Design
- Standard size of posters are 3ft tall x 4ft wide - If using PowerPoint select 4:3 Ratio for Slide Size.
- Downloadable templates https://designcenter.uiowa.edu/templates.
- Check within your lab to see if anyone has a poster presentation template.
Poster Printing
- Check with your PI/Mentor to see if you can use a larger format printer in your department
- There are two services on that offer poster printing
- The Design Center - for researchers in the Carver College of Medicine
- Print Services - for all other researchers
Resources
The resources linked here offer good information to start with.
OUR's Poster Presentation Intro (PowerPoint Slides with in-depth Notes)
OUR'S Poster Presentation Intro (Summer 2022 Zoom recording, first few slides cut off, ~23 min long)
Design Center's "Creating Effective Posters"
Guide to Poster Design and available video
Iowa Sciences Academy Poster Tip Sheet
Quick and easy basic tip sheet plus other helpful resources. Logos available to download.
Helpful to anyone, though specific to ISA and STEM students.
A Better Poster: Part 1
A Better Poster: Part 2
The "Poster Revolution" is underway. Watch these videos that changed the way we think about posters.
University of Iowa Brand Manual
(UI-Suggested Poster and PowerPoint Templates)