University Of Montana Research Conference Open To The Public, 4/5, Missoula
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The seventh annual Graduate Student and Faculty Research Conference is Saturday, April 5.
Explore topics from diabetes, osteoarthritis and mad cow disease to tourism, the Bible and the Blackfoot language at The University of Montana’s seventh annual Graduate Student and Faculty Research Conference on Saturday, April 5.
The conference will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in University Center third-floor meeting rooms. All events are free and open to the public, and childcare will be available. Those who plan to attend the conference luncheon or who will need childcare are asked to let organizers know by e-mailing gradfacconf@mso.umt.edu or calling Jenny McNulty at 406-243-2473.
Concurrent oral presentations will be held from 9:40 a.m. to noon and from 2:10 to 4:30 p.m. Poster sessions will be held from 3 to 5 p.m.
An interdisciplinary roundtable discussion titled “Ethics in Modern Graduate Studies” will take place from noon to 2 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom. Panelists will discuss topics such as navigating intellectual property rights with American Indian communities and conducting research with rural communities.
The panel will be moderated by Claudia Denker, UM associate legal counsel and compliance officer and chair of the University’s Institutional Review Board. Panel members are UM psychology Associate Professor Gyda Swaney; psychology Research Associate Professor Ann Cook, director of UM’s National Rural Bioethics Project; and UM Center for Ethics Director Dane Scott.
The conference awards ceremony and closing reception begins at 5 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom. For more information, go to the conference Web site at http://www.umt.edu/gradfacconf .
Contact: UM Associate Professor Kari Harris, conference organizer, 406-243-4685, kari.harris@umontana.edu.
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