Saturday, April 28, 2012 (7:45 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
Huddleston Ballroom and Holloway Commons   

The COLSA URC is open to any COLSA student who has performed a research project with a faculty mentor. The program consists of opening remarks from university leaders, 12-15 minute oral presentations, and poster session. There is no cost to attend the presentations at the COLSA undergraduate research conference on Saturday, April 28, 2012.

Students participating in the COLSA URC may also register for other URC events. The Parents Association Undergraduate Research Symposium and the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium are also appropriate for COLSA students.

2012 COLSA URC ABSTRACT BOOK

2012 COLSA URC Schedule of Events

Friday, April 27th               

4–5:30 pm         Students may set up their posters in advance- Huddleston Ballroom

Saturday, April 28th

7:30 am            Registration opens - Holloway Commons

7:30-10 am       Continental breakfast available until 10 am

7:30-8:15 am    Poster setup, continued - Huddleston Ballroom

8:15 am            Opening remarks - Holloway Commons

                         Introduction and welcome from Vaughn Cooper, COLSA URC chair
                                                                   John Aber, Provost
                                                                   Jon Wraith, COLSA Dean

8:30-9:20         Oral presentations 1-4 - All oral presentations will be held in Holloway Commons

9:30-9:45         “Undergraduate Research and a Career in Biomedicine”
                         Nicholas Mantis, Wadsworth Center, NY State Public Health - Holloway Commons

9:45-10:35        Oral presentations 5-8 - Holloway Commons

10:45-12:15      Poster presentations - All poster presentations will be held in Huddleston Ballroom

10:45-11:30      Even-numbered posters - Huddleston Ballroom

11:30-12:15      Odd-numbered posters - Huddleston Ballroom

12:15-1:30        Catered lunch buffet, Holloway Commons
                          Tickets required for guests, but provided to presenters and faculty mentors

Abstract Information: The COLSA URC requires an abstract (limit 1500 characters including spaces). Students should work on the abstract with their faculty mentor or other supervisor using a word processing program, and then copy the final version into the registration window. Abstracts may have multiple authors; besides the student and faculty mentor, authors might include other undergraduates or graduate students who contributed significantly to your project. NOTE: your registration for the COLSA conference is not complete until you submit an abstract.

UNH's First Undergraduate Research Conference

In 1991, COLSA faculty recognized that an increasing number of undergraduate students were conducting research in faculty labs. Donna Brown, former director of the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research, and COLSA faculty member Wayne Fagerberg decided that students should have the experience of a professional scientific conference where they could showcase research in collaboration with faculty mentors. COLSA is pleased that what was initially a science-based research conference has evolved into a university-wide event consisting of many individual conferences celebrating undergraduate research.

David Daggett, a presenter from the first conference in 1991, says this: "I've just finished my second post-doctorate here at UC Berkeley studying zebrafish. It was my experience at the COLSA undergraduate research conference that paved the way for me to pursue a career in research."

For General Questions about the COLSA URC contact: Vaughn Cooper, 603-862-3422