Data & Discovery schedule and agenda details
Data & Discovery combines several events including the Data Science Conference on Monday and Tuesday, Wolf Pack Discoveries, and additional workshops and networking events for students, faculty and community members on Wednesday.
Monday, Aug. 10, 2026: Data Science Conference – Get inspired, connect and collaborate.
For the 3rd Annual Data Science Conference, we are excited to join Data & Discovery! With this event, we hope to create an engaging, interactive experience that builds community, showcases research, highlights campus resources and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Topics will be determined after registrants’ feedback.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Lemonade and coffee will be served.
Speakers TBA.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Speaker TBA.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
15-minute break.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Speaker TBA.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
15-minute break.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Speakers TBA.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Appetizers and drinks will be served.
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026: Data Science Conference – Discover your data research ecosystem and innovate together.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
3-minute introductions from campus resources and research support units.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Breakfast will be served.
Speakers TBA.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
15-minute break.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Speakers TBA.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
AI prompt challenge, mythbusters, or escape challenge.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Lunch will be served.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Speaker TBA.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Speakers TBA.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
AI prompt challenge, mythbusters, or escape challenge.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Speaker TBA.
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026: Trainings, workshops, Wolf Pack Discoveries, tabling and reception
Joe Crowley Student Union, Rita Laden Senate Chambers, 3rd floor
Hands-on workshop focused on data science tools, methods and applications. Topics will be determined after registrants’ feedback.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Rita Laden Senate Chambers, 3rd floor
Kate Dunkelberger, Research Development Manager
Research & Proposal Development Services, Research & Innovation, University of Nevada, Reno
Federal and non-federal funders increasingly prioritize training and workforce development as core to their missions rather than as an afterthought to research funding. If you're weighing your first training grant, wondering how to include a training component in your next project, or excited to expand student opportunities in your field, join us to learn more. In this interactive workshop, we will discuss why these awards and supplements are worth pursuing and provide an overview of the funding landscape, including NSF STEM Education, REU and NRT programs; NIH's SEPA, R25, and T32 institutional training grants; administrative supplements; and other federal and non-federal programs. We'll cover the practical mechanics of building a competitive proposal and candidly discuss with University PIs what it means to lead a training grant. The career upside is real: mentoring capacity, leadership visibility, interdisciplinary collaboration. So are the costs: the time to coordinate the institutional support and resources you'll need to pull it off.
Joe Crowley Student Union, room 422
Lily Mauk, Undergraduate Research; Nevada IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)
Share your research results with a wider audience! NSURJ is a digitally published statewide undergraduate research journal run by students, for students. At this workshop, you’ll learn about preparing a research manuscript for publication, the peer review process, how to find, select, and submit your manuscripts to journals of interest (including NSURJ), grant opportunities, and more.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Rita Laden Senate Chambers, 3rd floor
Kate Dunkelberger, Research Development Manager
Research & Proposal Development Services, Research & Innovation, University of Nevada, Reno
Join Research & Proposal Development Services for a networking lunch to learn more about the federal funding landscape and connect with colleagues. This event is a sneak peek of what is to come in fall 2026, when Research & Proposal Development Services will host a series of cross-disciplinary networking events connecting faculty across career stages across four broad topics that align with current federal research priorities: artificial intelligence and machine learning, environmental hazards, quantum computing, and critical materials and minerals. Come prepared to participate in several informal activities that will spark conversation, hear what others are working on, and provide input on where these conversations should go as the series kicks off in fall 2026.
Joe Crowley Student Union, room 422
Teresa Schultz, Associate Professor, Scholarly Communications and Social Sciences Librarian, Universities Libraries
Open access has become a great way to help scholarship get more attention and citations – but how is it related to copyright? This workshop will go over the basics of copyright law, as well as what scholars should consider when reusing material made by others. Workshop participants will also learn about how they can make fair use decisions when reusing content and how they can make their work open access (without paying for it!).
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
This research symposium is a celebration of the curricular and co-curricular achievements of student researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno. The symposium highlights research, community engagement and scholarly endeavors spanning the breadth of University disciplines. Students display posters detailing their projects and discuss their work with the symposium attendees.
This is a great opportunity for students to share what they've learned with a general audience, practice presentation skills and add to their resume!
The event is co-sponsored by:
Undergraduate Research | Office of Community-Engaged Learning and Leadership | First Generation Student Center | Honors College | McNair Scholars Program | University Libraries.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom and entry area, 4th floor
Meet the administration teams offering a wide range services to support your research programs and endeavors.
- Research & Innovation
- Enterprise & Innovation
- Environmental Health & Safety
- Nevada Center for Applied Research
- Project Management Services
- Sponsored Projects
- Research Computing
- Research Integrity & Security
- Research & Proposal Development Services
- Whittell Forest & Wildlife Area and the Little Valley Research Station
- University Libraries – Data management, research services and InCites informational database
Joe Crowley Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Catered reception for all Data & Discovery attendees.