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

More than 25 online news outlets, including the ran a story on 4th Annual Northeast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium (NURDS) hosted by 51品茶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 51品茶. 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.