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Research & Creativity Day Set for April 24

by Gwendolynne Larson

Emporia, KS (04/18/2019) — Approximately 200 students and faculty from Emporia State will participate in Research and Creativity Day on Wednesday, April 24. All events take place in the Memorial Union. Research and Creativity Day is sponsored by the Research and Grants Center, Honors College and the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Committee.

Events begin in the morning with oral presentations by undergraduate and graduate students. Graduate students will participate in the "Three Minute Thesis" event in the morning, the fifth year for this contest. The award and recognition luncheon will take place in the KSTC Ballroom and will include the Phi Kappa Phi Awards for best abstracts, announcement of graduate student scholarships and awards, the ESU Summer Undergraduate Research Program Awards, recognition of faculty who received Faculty Research & Creativity awards and will conclude with the presentation of the 2019 President's Award for Research and Creativity.

Student and faculty will participate in the poster session in the afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. in Webb Hall. There are 131 poster exhibits this year, offering a wide variety of disciplines and topics. Attendees may vote for their favorite oral and poster presentation, and there will be cash prizes for the top People's Choice awards.

There will also be a drawing for door prizes donated by Emporia merchants at 2:30 p.m. A complete list of presentations is available at www.emporia.edu/research.

Emporia State University

Gwendolynne Larson, assistant director, ESU Marketing & Media Relations, (620) 341-5528, glarson1@emporia.edu

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