18th Annual Student Research Forum to be held March 8

Students at The Ohio State University at Newark will be presenting research on topics ranging from how words are spoken to understanding the COVID-19 vaccine at the 18th Annual Student Research Forum on Tuesday, March 8. The forum presentations will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. in the John Gilbert Reese Center followed by the awards ceremony at 4:15 p.m.

The forum is an opportunity for students to present their school-funded research before a diverse panel of judges. The panel includes Ohio State Newark faculty across multiple disciplines who will give valuable feedback to benefit student learning experiences. For some students, it also serves as effective practice in a formal setting before they present at larger conferences like the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychology Association and others. Other students whose research is not yet complete will be proposing research topics to increase awareness of their subject matter and get feedback on their research designs.

Student participants can give a poster presentation or an oral presentation. The poster presentation is the slightly less formal of the two types, where student researchers will be displaying posters and giving brief overviews face-to-face with judges. Meanwhile, the oral presentation demands that students spend about 15 to 20 minutes providing well-rehearsed presentations from a podium. Each will have time reserved at the end for question-and-answer sessions.

This event is free to attend and open to the public. The Reese Center is located at 1209 University Drive, Newark campus. To learn more about the Student Research Forum or about student research at Ohio State Newark,
contact event organizer Nathaniel Swigger, associate professor of political science, at swigger.1@osu.edu or visit https://newark.osu.edu/research/research-forums/student-research-forum.html.