The Graduate Student Research Symposium is an all day event where graduate students from different academic departments and disciplines present conference posters and papers before an audience students and faculty members. Based on the assessment of a panel of faculty judges, one student from each academic unit will be awarded a cash prize. Graduate students from all programs are highly encouraged to submit a proposal for a paper or poster and take advantage of this opportunity to develop their research presentation skills and to network and share ideas with students and faculty from across the university community.