2012 Scholarly Forum
Memorial Union
February 27 & 28
Please join us on Monday February 27 and Tuesday February 28 for the 11th Annual Scholarly Forum.
Graduate Students and Faculty will showcase their research and creative scholarship at UND's only campus-wide conference.
Monday, 27 February
Tuesday, 28 February
Poster Session & Art Exhibit from 2-4pm
Something catch your eye? You can read all of the abstracts here for the 2012 Scholarly Forum.
Here is a sneak preview of some of the panels, presentations and posters.
Panel: The Publish or Perish Syndrome - for new and future faculty - Monday @ 8:50am
The "Publish or Perish Syndrome" continues to put demands especially on tenure seeking faculty that ultimately affects their overall productivity as well as the quality of work for the graduate students they advise, teach, or mentor in various research projects. The panelists will make brief presentations and field audience questions pertaining to overcoming this writing syndrome. Key writing issues that the panelist will explore include: Best strategies for increasing writing efficiency, setting realistic goals in scholarly writing, monitoring progress toward personal writing goals, creating and supporting a community of scholarly writers, and sharing tips/techniques for a healthy work and life balance to ensure success in writing for publication.
Roundtable - Monday @ Noon
We are excited to highlight this special event on Monday at noon, in the River Valley Room. Yuliya Kartoshkina, PhD student, will host an Interdisciplinary Roundtable gathering to discuss, "Research related to Human Culture and Intercultural Issues". All graduate students and faculty conducting research on this topic are invited and encouraged to attend. This will be a great opportunity to explore various angles on the topic "Human Culture" and to network with other scholars.
Geology Panel: Geothermal Energy Basics - Tuesday @ 1pm
Geothermal energy from sedimentary basins is an important and under-utilized potential energy source. To properly evaluate a resource, a number of variables must be analyzed and understood; such as infrastructure needs, power generation needs, size and temperature of the resource, and local limitations (i.e., cooling sources for the working fluid of a binary power plant). The participants are all students from the UND Geothermal Laboratory, who will discuss the above concerns and take questions on geothermal energy evaluation and production.
Biology Session - Tuesday @ 8:30am
Eleven graduate students from the Department of Biology will present their research in the Lecture Bowl on Tuesday morning. Topics include, "Identifying Landscape-Level Patterns in Grassland Songbird Communities", "Haemosporidian Parasites in Grassland Passerines of Northwest Minnesota", "Wolffian Duct Stabilization in the Common Snapping Turtle, a Reptile With Temperature Dependent Sex Determination" and, " Rural Red River Valley Mosquito Ecology and Xenomonitoring".
Space Studies - Monday @ 8:50am
Several students from Space Studies are working on a variety of projects for human space exploration. Come to the Space Studies presentations which includes, "Integrated Strategies for the Human Exploration of the Moon and Mars", to learn more about research in the Space Studies Lab. Tim Holland will discuss the considerations for developing a "comfortable and functional living area that can protect people from the environmental extremes of temperature, vacuum, remoteness, and ionizing radiation of the lunar surface".
Theatre Arts Panel - Monday @1pm
Research builds the foundation for creative work. Actors' research includes script analysis for characters study and style; historical research to understand the culture of a period; and discovery in the rehearsal process. A playwright also begins with research of his/her topic and/or characters as well as the period of the play's setting. All research feeds the imagination for creative work.
We will continue to highlight more sessions here in the lead up to the 2012 Scholarly Forum.
Click here to see photos from past events.
Parking:
Guests without University parking permits for this or any other on-camus event may use the "pay-as-you-go" option in the Parking Ramp (corner of Second Avenue North and Columbia Road), the UND Visitor pay Lot (off Centennial Drive) or a Parking Meter. Parking in any other parking lot on-campus requires a parking pass which can be purchased directly through UND Parking Services, Twamley Hall, Rm 204 (Monday, Wednesday -Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., and Tuesday 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.).
