Summer Program

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The benefits include, but are not limited to the following areas:

• Students will be taught the art of conveying their challenges related to academics, peer relationships, family, or other life scenarios, through narrative; leveraging these experiences positively. Under the mentorship of EPIC researchers, students will create a multimedia narrative struggle story and discover their new and great potential in turning their struggles into successes.
• Students will have multiple opportunities to participate in research projects of our faculty, lab members, and doctoral students, including:
  • The Psychology of Failure
  • The Effects of Failure Disclosure on Motivation
  • The Relationship between Information-Seeking and Performance
• Students will learn about cutting-edge research in the field of cognitive science and psychology by participating in and analyzing groundbreaking experiments. Foundational concepts and classical psychology experiments will be introduced in our online workshop to help develop a better understanding of human behavior and motivation.
• Participants of this program will be some of the first to learn about novel research conducted at EPIC including projects that include original interviews of Nobel Laureates and exceptional athletes who have shared their wisdom on how to interpret and overcome hardship on their way to success. Knowledge gained in this internship will benefit students’ studies and lives. In this internship, students will be able to closely observe how researchers collect, organize, and analyze data. These skills are crucial to students’ high school and college academic success regardless of what major the students choose to pursue in the future.
• Students will also have opportunities to interact with peers and make new friends through interactive online workshops.
• An EPIC Program Certificate is awarded at completion of the summer program commensurate with meeting all summer goals and projects successfully.
• EPIC Internship Opportunities are awarded to exceptional students interested in working with us in future projects and programs.

Program Duration:

• July 6 – July 24

Location:

• This is a remote program. Meetings will be conducted through Zoom.

Workload:

• Around 30 hours in total
• 3 synchronous meetings per week full group
• 1 synchronous meeting per week in small groups: Timing depends upon group schedule
• Individual synchronous meetings