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The 6^th Annual Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC)

 

Saturday March 3, 2007 - SUB Ballroom

 

If you are an undergraduate student working on a research project this year, we kindly ask you to consider presenting your work at the 2007 UBC Undergrad Research Conference.  It’s a wonderful opportunity for you to share your research, learn about other students’ projects outside their disciplines, and gain experience in academic presenting.  And it will look good on your CV too!

 

Projects may include (but are not limited to):

• Directed study projects
• Honours thesis
• Co-op or Practicum projects
• Summer research projects
• Volunteer research

Some examples of eligible scholarly works are:

• interpretation of a performance, piece of music or art work
• an actual performance of music or drama or display of art such as painting, photography or sculpture
• interpretation of a piece of literature/literary criticism 
• an actual piece of literary writing
• model design and development
• scientific experiments
• textual analysis
• historical interpretation
• case study
• research/term/analytical paper
• engineering research or development projects
• qualitative or quantitative research projects

For more information, please visit the conference website at: www.research.ubc.ca/murc.  The website provides details about deadlines, registration, important dates for presenters, and workshops that we offer to help you, the presenter, write your abstracts, and prepare your presentations.

 

Some important dates include:

(1)   Deadline for applications to present:  Friday, January 26, 2007.

(2)   MURC info booth to answer students’ questions:  Wednesday, January 10, 2007 – main level of SUB

(3)   Students may also visit the conference coordinator, Sonja Embree, during her open office hours:  January 8-12 from 2:00pm-4:30pm (address below).

(4)   Workshop on how to write an abstract (2 slots): January 18 and 19 (see website for times and locations).

 

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact the conference coordinator: Sonja Embree (coordinates below).

Also, if you’re interested in volunteering as a faculty moderator at the conference, she'd love to hear from you!

CC: Physics and Astronomy faculty members (FYI)

 

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Sonja Embree, PhD

Coordinator

Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research

Program (MURP) and Conference (MURC)

Office of VP Research

The University of British Columbia

6190 Agronomy Rd., Rm. 101

Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z3

P: 604.822.4919

F: 604.827.5356

E: sonja.embree@ubc.ca

www.murp.ubc.ca

www.research.ubc.ca/murc