A decade of promoting undergraduate research

A decade of promoting undergraduate research

By Communications Staff

March 9, 2016

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Inquiry@Queen's (I@Q), a conference aimed at promoting undergraduate research at the university, is marking its 10th anniversary as it gets underway Thursday, March 10 and Friday, March 11.

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Inquiry@Queen's offers undergraduate researchers the opportunity to present their work to the Queen's community. (University Communications)

All events are open to the Queen’s and Kingston communities as the conference celebrates the research achievements of a new generation of scholars as they present their research through presentations, posters and panel discussions at the Queen’s Learning Commons in Stauffer Library.

The keynote session on Friday from 9-10:30 am, which offers presentations by undergraduate researchers and a Kingston youth group, will be highlighted by an address from Professor Emeritus  Art McDonald, co-winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.

“It is integral to the students’ learning that they present and explain their work to a wide and varied audience,” says Jackie Druery, Inquiry@Queen's co-chair and head of Humanities and Social Sciences, Queen’s University Library. “That’s a key part of the discovery process. The conference provides an opportunity to do this in an interdisciplinary environment and to gain academic and professional skills at the same time.”

The full conference program is available here.