Baylor Undergraduates to Exhibit Research at Upcoming Scholars Week Event
Scholars Week gives undergraduate students experience in presenting their research projects through poster displays and platform presentations.
Contact: Whitney Richter, Director of Marketing and Communications, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, 254-710-7539
Written by: Gary Stokes, Office of the Vice Provost for Research
WACO, Texas (March 23, 2018) - Along with cheery robins and colorful blossoms, the arrival of spring at Baylor brings Scholars Week, a week-long showcase for research and scholarship of some of Baylor's most talented and innovative undergraduate students.
A part of Baylor's successful Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Achievement (URSA) program, this year's URSA Scholars Week runs March 26-29. The event will open Monday with an informal reception from 12:30-2:30 p.m. in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center. A keynote address by Dr. Julia Chan, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Dallas, will follow at 4:00 p.m. in room B110 of the Baylor Sciences Building. Dr. Chan's lecture, Adventures in Solid-State Synthesis: Hidden Gems to Link Materials' Properties, is sponsored by BURST [ Baylor Undergraduate Research in Science and Technology], a Baylor student organization for undergraduates interested in scientific research.
Student platform presentations will be held Monday and Tuesday, March 26th and 27th, beginning at 1:30 on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Bill Daniel Student Center. The first poster session will be on Monday and Tuesday and the second poster session will follow on Wednesday and Thursday in the atrium and on the second floor of the Baylor Sciences Building. The posters for each session will be on display from 11:00 on the first day to 3:30 on the second day, and the student researchers may be available each day from 11:30 to 1:30 to discuss their poster presentations.
Scholars Week participants whose presentations are judged most outstanding by a panel of faculty and staff will be recognized at an awards reception Thursday, April 19th from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. in the Barfield Drawing Room.
For a detailed schedule that includes room/poster locations and presentation topics, please go to www.baylor.edu/ursa. The Scholars Week program may be downloaded by clicking here.
URSA Scholars Week is sponsored by the Baylor Office of Vice Provost for Research and is free and open to the public.
