Illinois State's Undergraduate Research Symposium April 17

Do college graduates really earn more than high school graduates?  Has the rebranding rhetoric in "The Manga Bible" changed the original message of the New Testament? How does the rhetoric explain India's feminist rebellion, the Gulabi Gang? How does economics contribute to understanding the making of a criminal?

Answers to these and other questions can be obtained at the Illinois State University Undergraduate Research Symposium from 9-11 a.m. Friday, April 17, in the Brown Ballroom of Bone Student Center.  The Symposium is free and open to the public.

More than 155 students will present the results of their research via posters and oral presentations in a university-wide showcase of student research, scholarship and creative achievement. 

This year's Symposium has grouping of presentations by discipline and faculty mentor. The Symposium encourages cross-disciplinary associations and focuses on communicating research to the general public. Faculty members will provide oral and written feedback to student participants.    

The Symposium, sponsored by the Graduate School, Research and Sponsored Programs, Milner Library and the Honors Program, started 18 years ago to promote graduate student research.  It has since expanded to encourage undergraduates to communicate their research to the general public.