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Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship

102 Roudebush Hall • Phone: 513-529-3600• Fax: 513-529-3762

Miami University celebrated undergraduate contributions to research Wednesday April 10, 2013

UR Forum April 16, 2014
Save the Date

Online registration for UR Forum 2014 will be open January 13 through Feb 28, 2014. All Miami students who registered online by the 2/28/2014 deadline will be scheduled to present at Undergraduate Research Forum.

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Free Membership for Miami students, gradaute students, faculty and staff.

Miami faculty, staff and students are invited to join CUR (Council on Undergraduate Research) under the Miami Enhanced Insitutional Membership.
Effective July 1, 2011 an unlimited number faculty, staff and students can register as a CUR member. On the registration form make sure to choose Miami University OH. Contact Martha Weber for details.

The Miami community and the public enjoyed the poster sessions and oral sessions held at Shriver Center throughout the day.
Miami's Undergraduate Research Forum showcases the creative and scholarly activities of undergraduates who engaged in research over the course of the academic year. During the interactive posters sessions both student researchers and mentors celebrate and promote undergraduate engagment in learning and scholarly achievement. The event is free and open to the public. Visitors can walk by and discuss with student scholars how each unique project was conceived and developed and hear directly from students their perception of the impact these rich mind/hands-on research experiences.

On April 10, 2013 over 430 students were involved in three interactive poster sessions. Over 30 undergraduate presenters offered information about their work to an audience, speaking about the process involved in formulating a research question, deciphering results, and planning for future investigations. Oral presentations ranged in topic from a project conducted by Danyelle M. Barton and Evan J. Swhear, "Examining the effects of music on tests scores" to a report from Kevin K. Hawkins on the "Role of selection in Carica papaya genomic evolution". This event highlights the extraordinatory efforts of Miami undergraduate students in a supportive, collaborative atmosphere.

Who is Eligible to Participate?

All Miami students are invited to register to present at the annual Undergraduate Research Forum. Student presentations can be about any research topic in any discipline.The student research may have been carried out as part of a class, an independent study, a community project, service-learning project, a creative project, etc. Read the story by Jessica Sink (Miami 2012).

UR13 Forum Picture Gallery UR13 Forum Brochure Cover

Look back at UR 12 Photo Gallery
UR 13 Forum Presenters UR13 Forum Brochure Cover

UR 13 Forum Event Format:
Students choose one of two presentation formats to represent their work and to articulate results of an independent faculty-mentored research experience.
1. An oral presentation (student presents and then fields questions from the audience). Students often develop a powerpoint or Prezzi for the oral presentation.

2. Interactive Poster Session for which students develop a comprehensive poster detailing the research process.

Miami Print Center - Getting Your Poster Printed
Poster Presenter Instructions
UR Forum Contact: Martha Weber, OARS Undergraduate Research Coordinator, Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship (OARS).

Poster Session Schedule
Session A (10:00 - 11:30 am) Morning Session
Session B (1:30 - 2:45 pm) Afternoon Session #1
Session C (3:00 - 4:15 pm) Afternoon Session #2


Student Oral Presenter Schedule
Oral Presenter Instructions

Oral Session Schedule
Session I 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Sesson II 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Session III 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Session IV 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Session V 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Session VI 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.