University Students to Participate in Three Research Events in April
Various groups of Duquesne undergraduate students will be participating in three different research-related events in April.
Students from the Mylan School of Pharmacy and the School of Education will participate in the 14th Annual Undergraduate Research at the Capitol—Pennsylvania Poster Conference in Harrisburg on Tuesday, April 5. During this event, undergraduate students from Pennsylvania colleges and universities get the opportunity to showcase their research talents to the Commonwealth’s key decision-makers. Participating students will spend the day in the Capitol Building, where they will share experiences and ideas with their peers from other schools and present topics to state legislators that are important to society.
The 8th annual Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium will be held Wednesday, April 6, in the Power Center Ballroom. The event provides approximately 200 undergraduates with the opportunity to gain valuable presentation experience as they showcase their research in a public venue. Participants representing each of the University’s nine schools will be eligible to win one of 17 awards for outstanding research that will be presented by various schools, centers and departments across campus.
From Thursday, April 7, through Saturday, April 9, students from the Mary Pappert School of Music and the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences will participate in The National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Asheville, NC. Conference participants will give either oral or poster presentations in addition to learning more about how research and scholarship are conducted in various fields.
According to Dr. Alan Seadler, associate provost for research, participating in research and presenting results is integral to students’ academic and professional success. “It is important to encourage and involve undergraduate students in meaningful academic research,” Seadler explained. “It allows them the opportunity to share what they have learned with others and to understand how the work that others do can have an impact on their own.”