MOUNT VERNON — More than 40 students will present research at the fourth annual Cornell College Student Symposium on Saturday, April 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Commons. Admission is free.
“The Student Symposium serves as a venue for some of our most engaged and accomplished students to share their work with the broader campus community and others, and it demonstrates the remarkable range of interests being productively pursued in and beyond the classroom at Cornell,” said Dennis Damon Moore, dean of the college.
The students worked with 27 faculty members in 18 different departments and programs. Presentations will take one of three formats: lectures of about 20 minutes apiece summarizing projects and their findings, at three sessions in Hedges Conference Room and Shaw Lounge (9:30 a.m., 10:55 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.) and one session (10:55 a.m.) in the Rathskeller; poster presentations offering visual displays of projects along with explanatory comments, at two sessions (10 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 3 p.m.) on the Orange Carpet; and one performance/lecture during the 10:55 a.m. session in the Rathskeller.
Following the symposium, Cornell’s Delta of Iowa Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will hold its annual induction ceremony at 3 p.m. in Hedges Conference Room. Students are selected for membership based on academic potential, scholarship, creativity, professional attitude and character. Phi Beta Kappa considers members from the top 15 percent of the senior class and the top 5 percent of the junior class. Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most widely respected academic honorary society in the United States. A reception will follow on the Orange Carpet.