The 18th Annual COLSA Undergraduate Research Conference 
Saturday, April 25, 2009
The COLSA Undergraduate Research Conference 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 two poster sessions. The conference will be held in the Great Bay Room of the New England Center on campus beginning at about 8 a.m. on Saturday April 25, 2009.
Registration for the 2009 COLSA URC is now closed.
There is no cost to attend the COLSA conference on Saturday, April 25, 2009, 7:45am-2pm in the New England Center, Durham, NH.
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 can 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.
Students participating in the COLSA conference can also register for other conferences. The Parent's Association Symposium and the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium are also appropriate for COLSA students.
Conference Luncheon
Immediately following the conclusion of the COLSA conference at about 12:30 p.m., student presenters, their faculty mentor, and up to two invited guests are invited to enjoy a free luncheon in the reknowned Acorns Restaurant at the New England Center. Students registered for the COLSA conference will receive additional information about obtaining lunch tickets after the March 6 registration deadline.
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, 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 the research they had done 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.
One presenter from the first conference in 1991, David Daggett 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 COLSA URC contact: Estelle Hrabak, 603-862-0716
Directions to the New England Center
