Important Honors Deadlines

Your adherence to the deadlines for the assignments below is expected. (Note: A few deadlines for Chemistry and Biochemistry majors may be different. Students working with Chemistry faculty are expected to adhere to the Chemistry deadlines.)

You will iterate several drafts of your oral and written presentations with your advisors. Keep in mind that your advisors have several commitments in addition to their courses and research students. Collaborate with your advisors to develop timelines that are workable for both of you. Make sure one of your peers has given you feedback on your written and oral work before you submit these to your advisors.

Professor Gorske teaching a chemistry course

Important Honors Deadlines - Fall 2026

Due Date	Assignments For Honors Students
18 Sept:	Discuss and/or submit a half page project description to your advisor in which you summarize preliminary project goals and objectives. COC due to Wendy LaFlamme and advisor. COC Reflection discussed and submitted to advisor. Submit (to Canvas) record keeping reflection following discussion with advisor.
9 Oct:	Submit an annotated bibliography prepared with EndNote or another citation manager to your advisor.
16 Oct:	Make a thesis/independent study paper writing timeline. Make an outline of your paper. Schedule a meeting with your advisor(s) to discuss plans and get feedback on outline, mock figure, table, etc.
30 Oct:	Attend the Presidential Summer Research Symposium (1:30-3:30 pm) and present a poster of your summer research, if applicable.
13 Nov:	Submit a completed draft of your Midyear Report to your advisor(s). Submit your Project title.
*7 Dec:	Submit your polished Midyear Report to the Chemistry Department. This report should, at a minimum, include “Abstract”, “Introduction and Background”, “Methods”, “Preliminary Results and Discussion”, “Conclusions”, and “Future Work” sections. The “Introduction and Background” section may not exceed 10 pages, but there is no page limit for the other sections. Your readers will provide detailed feedback on the “Introduction and Background” section and more general feedback on other sections.
*15 or 16 Dec:	Give an oral presentation of your research project and progress to the Chemistry Department. Your presentation may not exceed 12 minutes; the chair will stand 2-3 minutes prior to the end of your allotted time to notify you that you are approaching the time limit. You must reference source material in your presentation by including citation(s) at the bottom of the appropriate slide. These references should use a font size of 16 pts or larger and convey at least the following information: Author(s), journal name, year, volume, and page number. Please consult with your advisor for additional specifications.

*These due dates can be only moved subject to approval of a student petition to the Chemistry Department (See “Required Assignments” above.)

Extensions

You are solely responsible for contacting the Department Chair to petition for an extension. To request an extension, you must submit a written petition justifying the need for an extension to the Chemistry Department Chair (Danielle Dube) or the Biochemistry Program Director (Barry Logan) who will circulate the petition to the faculty for a vote. The need for a petition may be waived by the Chair, in consultation with the research advisor and the Office of Student Affairs, if extreme circumstances (family or medical emergency) exist.