At a ceremony honoring symposium founder, Dr. John Albazi, on April 23, 2021 the University announced that in 2022 and moving forward, the event would be named The Dr. John Sargon Albazi Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium. Previous symposia were simple called the Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium.
For information about past years, including agendas, lists of presenters, and abstracts, see below. All symposia with agendas in the NEIU Digital Commons can be accessed at the following link:
| 2025 | May 2, 2025 | NEIU Digital Commons |
| 2024 | April 26, 2024 | NEIU Digital Commons |
| 2023 | April 28, 2023 | NEIU Digital Commons |
| 2022 | May 6, 2022 | NEIU Digital Commons |
| 2021 | April 23, 2021 | NEIU Digital Commons |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID | |
| 2019 | April 19, 2019 | NEIU Digital Commons |