At the Undergraduate Research Symposium 2008, which took place on April 11, 2008, the selected participants, grouped into panels according to their research topic, gave 10 to 15-minute presentations based on their research papers to a panel of faculty and graduate students from both ESC and REES. The presentations were open to the public. Participants were judged on the quality of both the paper and the presentation. Cash prizes were awarded at the closing ceremony of the symposium.
This event is open to all undergraduate students in any major, from any college. The papers must be on a topic related to Western Europe, Eastern Europe, or Russia.
2009 Dates:
- Students submit 250-300 word abstracts and their entire paper postmarked by January 27, 2009.
- Selected students will be notified by mid-February 2009.
- Final revised papers will be due by March 16, 2009.
- Presentations to be made at the Symposium on March 27, 2009.
Please email ssh13@ucis.pitt.edu for more information
