17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
Given by the Office of Educational Outreach
Wednesday Evening, February 12, 2003 -- Participants may check into
the Hilton Resort on Wednesday evening.
Conference packets will be available from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the registration
table in the hotel lobby.
| 7:30 - 5:00 pm | Registration |
| 7:30 - 8:20 am | Poster presenters mount posters |
| 8:30 - 8:45 am | Welcome - Cary W. Cooper, Ph.D., Dean,
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
| 8:45 - 9:00 am | Introduction - Victor E. Reyes, Ph.D., Chair,
Committee for Diversity in Graduate Education |
| 9:00 - 10:15 am | Student Paper Presentations (Session I) |
| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Break, visit recruitment display booths** |
| 10:30 - 12:00 pm | Student Paper Presentations (Session II) |
| 12:00 - 1:30 pm | Lunch - Levin Hall Faculty Dining Room |
| 1:30 - 3:00 pm | Orientation
- Program Description - New GSBS Curriculum - Summer Undergraduate Research Program - Panel Discussion (Graduate Students) |
| 3:00 - 4:00 pm | General Campus Tour |
| 4:00 - 6:00 pm | Poster Session and Mixer sponsored by: GSBS Committee for Diversity in Graduate Education |
| 6:00 pm | On your own |
| 7:30am - 12:00 pm | Registration |
| 9:00 - 10:30 am | Student Paper Presentations (Session I) |
| 10:30 - 10:45 pm | Break, visit recruitment display booths** |
| 10:45 - 12:00 pm | Student Paper Presentations (Session II) |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Lunch - Levin Hall Faculty Dining Room |
| 12:00 - 3:30 pm | Undergraduate Advisors Lunch and Round-Table Discussion Marie Hall Room, 4.626, School of Allied Health Sciences, Nursing Building |
| 1:00 - 4:00 pm | Specific Program Tours |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Guest speaker will speak with local high school students |
| 5:00 - 6:30 pm | Awards Dinner - The Hilton Resort Ballroom
Keynote Speaker: John F. Alderete, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| 7:00 pm | Limousine departs for Houston Hobby Airport from the hotel. |
**Recruitment & vendor exhibits will be on display for the entire symposium