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

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 Look back at UR 12 Photo Gallery	UR 13 Forum Presenters	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).

Student Oral Presenter Schedule
Oral Presenter Instructions