The pressure was on as 11 graduate students took to the stage in the Dupuis Hall Auditorium to compete in the final round of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Thursday, March 30.

Using only one static slide and no props, the students had to present their research to a panel of non-specialist judges.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 3MT is a much-anticipated annual event on campus,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Brenda Brouwer, Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Our students put in hours of preparation for their three minutes in front of the judges. The competition helps students hone communication skills 카지노 게임 컬렉션� such as making their research accessible and it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a great way to celebrate the innovative and thought-provoking research our graduate students are conducting across campus.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

A panel of judges, consisting of Principal Daniel Woolf, Chancellor Jim Leech, communications consultant Robert A Wood, CBC reporter JC Kenny, and Denise Cumming, CEO of the 카지노게임사이트 Hospitals Kingston Foundation, graded the competitors on clarity, audience engagement and presentation skills. A long-time supporter of the 3MT competition, CKWS Television host Bill Welychka served as the emcee for the event.

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Victoria Donovan, a master's candidate in neuroscience was named winner and people's choice for her presentation, Lie low, stay alive. Her research is looking at the evolutionary response to traumatic brain injury. Early results provide evidence that high brain shutdown is an evolved reply to trauma 카지노 게임 컬렉션� providing clues as to future treatments.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I've been at Queen's for six and a half years now and have enjoyed every minute of it,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m thrilled to have the chance to represent the university at the provincial championship.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Ms. Donovan will move on to represent Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s at the Ontario 3MT finals on April 12 in Waterloo. The national 3MT winner will be decided through an online vote on videos of the regional champions, conducted on the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies website.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Competing in the 3MT was one of the highlights of my Masters studies,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Anastasia Savrova, MSc카지노 게임 컬렉션�17, winner of the 2016 Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 3MT competition. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�It was encouraging to hear people were so excited about my research, and this experience has really pushed me to pursue more opportunities where I can get the public more involved in academic research.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

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