Undergraduate Research Exposition 2009
This year the Exposition of Undergraduate Research will take place on the afternoon of April 24th from 12:30 to 4:00 p.m. The Exposition will be comprised of two venues for the presentation of undergraduate research: a Symposium for twelve oral presentations and a Poster Presentation Fair.
Symposium
The Symposium will include selected participants, reflecting the most accomplished undergraduate work throughout the College. The Poster Presentation Fair will serve as a place for all undergraduate students who have conducted research in the last year to present their findings to the College community.
The Symposium will consist of four concurrent sessions, running from 12:30-1:30 p.m., in four separate locations on campus (to be determined). The sessions will represent the four distinct disciplinary sections of the College: Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Engineering. Three students will be invited to present in each session. We anticipate an allotment of twenty minutes per student: fifteen minutes for presentation and five minutes to answer questions.
Poster Presentation
The Poster Presentation Fair will begin at 2:00 p.m. (location on campus TBA) and end at approximately 3:45 p.m. Student-participants will offer brief synopses of their work to audience members traversing the room. A variety of hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be available for attendees.
The Poster Presentation Fair will also include the presentation of the President's Prizes (awarded to the top four presentations from the four disciplinary areas of the Symposium) the Deans' Prizes (awarded to the eight other participants in the Symposium) and the Professors' Choice Awards (awarded to four students participating in the Poster Presentation Fair). In addition, the Student Association Professor of the Year Awards will also be presented.
How to Get Involved
Students interested in participating in the Symposium are requested to fill out an application form and submit it to their major Departmental/Program Chair by February 23. In addition, applicants are asked to request a letter of support from their sponsoring faculty member be sent to their major Departmental/Program Chair. Each Department/Program may forward up to two of these applications to the Office of Undergraduate Research for inclusion in the Symposium competition. All Departmental/Program nominees will be reviewed by a faculty-staff committee. Three students from each of the four disciplinary areas in the College will be invited to present a talk at the Symposium. Review committee members will be present at the Symposium talks and they will select one student from each of the four Symposium sessions to receive the President's Prize at the award session.
The eight other students giving Symposium talks will receive the Deans' Prize at the award session. The prizes will consist of a plaque and a small monetary award and, more importantly, the distinction of having the work recognized and celebrated.
Students wishing to participate in the Poster Presentation Fair are requested to fill out an application form and submit it as instructed on the form. These applications will be screened and successful applicants will be invited to present posters.
Finally, whether or not you are involved in undergraduate research, we invite you to attend the Exposition on April 24th and see some of the exciting things your fellow students are doing! We hope to see you at the Exposition in April.