Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference to begin April 12

The 2021 virtual Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference will begin April 12. This year's conference will be in an online format and will include oral and poster presentations available to view through April 19.

A link will be placed on the conference website to view the presentations; Purdue career account credentials will be required for access. 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 Libraries will choose 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 the Purdue Polytechnic Institute.

More information about the Undergraduate Research Conference and the Office of Undergraduate Research is available online.