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The 2nd Annual Alberta Graduate Conference will be held in Edmonton from May 3-5, 2012.
The conference is about so much more than just sharing your research. You’ll also be able to network with industry professionals, attend interesting professional development sessions, and even present in a Dragon’s Den style presentation competition.
Early bird registration is only $40. For more information visit:
Congratulations to all students who presented their research in talk or poster
form at this year’s GSA Multidisciplinary Conference, Meeting of the Minds. All
of the judges were impressed with the high quality of research happening on
campus and the caliber of presentations! This made their jobs very challenging,
but they persevered to choose the best of the best of the day. The winners were:
Oral Presentation Room 1
First place: Jenni Karl (“What can our hands teach us about the brain?”)
Second place: Sean Guist (“The pursuit of beauty in Michel Marc Bouchard’s The
Madonna Painter.”)
Honourable mention: Melissa Thomson (“Between-species differences in the
pathophysiology of the lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum) in sheep and
cattle.”)
Oral Presentation Room 2
First place tie: Peter Kruczkiewicz (“Genetic fingerprinting analysis of human
pathogens from whole genome sequence data”) and Shah Khaled (“Wireless
Mesh Network Design.”)
Honourable mention: Shelley Gross (“Implicit learning as memory of instances”)
Undergraduate Oral Presentation
First place: Brittany Bannerman (“Sex differences in paraphilic interests.”)
Poster Presentation
First place: Katie Taylor (“The psychosocial impact of HIV on rural Ugandan
widows.”)
Honourable mentions: Scott Seward (“Growth, survival and toxicant accumulation
in rainbow trout in urban stormwater ponds”) and D. Shane Hudson (“Validation
of performance tests for field fitness assessments of seasonal agricultural
workers.”)
The organizing committee would like to commend all of our participants on their excellent research and hope you will join us for Meeting of the Minds 2013.
While you might be a little late to apply for graduation this year (the application date was March 1st), it’s not too late to mark your calendars for this years convocation dates and times! Come and support your fellow graduate student’s during their convocation this year on May 31st and June 1st.
For more information, see this website: http://www.uleth.ca/ross/convocation/spring_conferral.html
And congratulations from all of us to all of you!
Dear Graduate students,
There are a few days left before the deadline to apply for this round of the LPIRG Research Grant! If you have any research ideas that you are looking for funding for, go to this link to see the application and for more information about the grant!
http://lpirg.org/application-and-nomination-forms/research-grant-application-form-3/
LPIRG is a student-funded, student-directed, non-profit organization providing resources for undergraduate and graduate students to engage with environmental and social justice issues. LPIRG embraces plurality and participation, and encourages students to critically
evaluate the institutions and systems in which they take part. LPIRG assists students in translating their knowledge through research, education, and action to serve public interest.
http://lpirg.org/application-and-nomination-forms/research-grant-application-form-3/