Boston Globe and other media outlets run story on Northeast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium

More than 25 online news outlets, including the Boston Globe, ran a story on 4th Annual Northeast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium (NURDS) hosted by UNE March 10-11. The symposium, funded in part by the National Science Foundation, is the largest undergraduate research conference north of Boston and attracts students from New Haven to Nova Scotia.

More than 180 students from 38 different colleges and universities are registered for the 2012 symposium, including 19 students from University of New England. Through talks and poster presentations, students will share their research in the natural and social sciences, in disciplines such as ecology, evolution, genetics/molecular biology, psychology, oceanography, marine biology, physics, medical biology, and chemistry.  

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.