Graduate Research Symposium

The Graduate Student Senate presents its annual Graduate Research Symposium, to be held from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on February 18 in the Laboratory Sciences Building, Danforth Campus, Washington University in St. Louis. Please visit the submissions page if you are interested in presenting at this year's symposium. Submissions will be accepted for review through February 4.

Open to the entire Washington University community, the symposium provides graduate students an opportunity to present their research to a broad and diverse audience, while helping them develop their communication skills by requiring them to present their material in a way that is accessible to non-specialists and a general audience. The event provides students a great chance to explore the research of their peers. The symposium provides a unique forum for interaction among students and faculty across the university, encouraging students to mingle with other graduate students, to share their experiences, and to learn about ongoing research outside of their specific disciplines.

The presentations are judged by non-specialists, who award three cash prizes in each of five categories--humanities, engineering, professional degree programs, the sciences, and the social sciences--based on students' abilities to present their work to a broad audience.

The annual Graduate Research Symposium is sponsored by the Graduate Student Senate of Arts & Sciences (GSS), the Graduate Professional Council (GPC), the Association of Graduate Engineering Students (AGES), and the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.