{"id":30458,"date":"2014-07-29T03:58:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T07:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=30458"},"modified":"2020-10-21T15:26:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T19:26:05","slug":"end-of-summer-research-symposium-to-take-place-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/07_29_2014\/end-of-summer-research-symposium-to-take-place-this-week","title":{"rendered":"End-of-Summer Research Symposium to take place this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UT community is invited to attend the End-of-Summer Research Symposium Thursday, July 31, in the Student Union.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/research-symposium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/research-symposium.jpg\" alt=\"research-symposium\" width=\"140\" height=\"264\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30489\" \/><\/a>Research presentations will be made by undergraduate students participating in the following Office of Undergraduate Research programs:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 First-Year Summer Research Experience Program;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Undergraduate Summer Research and Creative Activity Program;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 UT-City of Toledo Internship Program;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 National Science Foundation-Research Experiences for Undergraduates Physics Grant;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Building Ohio\u2019s Sustainable Energy Future; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Individual faculty grants and other support, including volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>UT Vice Provost Margaret Traband will give opening remarks at 9:15 a.m. in Student Union Room 2582.<\/p>\n<p>Oral presentations will begin at 9:15 a.m. and at 1 p.m. in Student Union Room 2582.<\/p>\n<p>Poster presentations will start at 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. in Student Union 2584.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Thomas Kvale, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, undergraduates benefit from having research opportunities, which help them:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Clarify academic and career interests;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Acquire knowledge in an academic field that transcends the classroom; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Understand how research differs across disciplines; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Strengthen critical thinking skills, problem solving, and work independently;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Find a faculty mentor; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Enhance a resum\u00e9 for graduate school, professional school or employment; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022Apply theories to real-life situations; and <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Learn and\/or experience the methodologies, tools and techniques. <\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utoledo.edu\/honors\/undergradresearch\/\">utoledo.edu\/honors\/undergradresearch<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undergraduates will give discuss their work at the End-of-Summer Research Symposium Thursday, July 31, in the Student Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,39,3,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61998,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30458\/revisions\/61998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}