Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference set for Tuesday in online format

The 2020 Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference begins Tuesday (April 14). This year's conference will be in an online format and will include oral and poster presentations available to view until April 21.

A link will be placed on the conference website to view the presentations; Purdue career account credentials will be required before viewing the presentations. The abstract booklet also will be published on the conference website to help locate specific presentations.

Judges will evaluate the oral presentations and posters to select the top presenters in participating units. Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies and Purdue Archives and Special Collections will award prizes for the best presentations and posters for projects that are interdisciplinary and use archival sources, respectively. Additionally, Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies will honor the best abstracts in five thematic categories. Finally, the Honors College will present awards for the top overall oral presentations.

The conference is sponsored by the College of Agriculture, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, College of Pharmacy, College of Science, Honors College, Krannert School of Management, Office of Undergraduate Research, Purdue Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, and Purdue Polytechnic Institute.

For more information about the Undergraduate Research Conference or the Office of Undergraduate Research, visit www.purdue.edu/undergrad-research.