Research, Innovation, Discovery, and Education (RIDE) Summit 2024

Mark your calendar for July 17, 2024! 

Check back soon for updates.

The Research, Innovation, Discovery, and Education (RIDE) Summit  is an annual celebration of our College’s research achievements, honoring faculty, staff, students, and alums who contribute to our research mission.

As both a reimagining of the former Research Day and the capstone event to the RIDE Seminar Series, the day-long celebration brings together members of the CVM community to learn from one another, share their discoveries, and discuss innovative approaches to research through panels, talks, and social activities. The RIDE Summit also provides trainees the opportunity to practice skills for communicating their work through a poster session and 3-minute thesis presentations.

The RIDE Summit is made possible through collaboration between CVM's Office of the Associate Dean for Research, Office of Graduate Programs, Office of Clinical Affairs, Research Training Programs, and Research Committee. Event participation is open to the entire CVM community as well as guests who are interested in the innovative work being done at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Please join us!

2023 Highlights

Visit our 2023 Showcase page to see who won in 2023.

View the Past Events page to view all previous showcases.

Important Dates and Times

Planning is ongoing for the RIDE Summit 2024. Check back for updates!

RIDE Summit—July 17, 2024

Tentative schedule


  • 7:30 - 9:00 AM       Check-in, poster set-up
  • 8:00 - 8:50 AM        Alumni awardee breakfast with residents, post-docs, graduate students, and summer scholars
  • 9:00 AM Opening remarks

All events for the RIDE Summit will be held in the Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine Building.

Contact us

Please email us at the Office of the Associate Dean for Research at vetres@umn.edu with any questions, comments, or concerns you might have.