Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society “Call for Abstracts”

The Saint Joseph’s University Chapter, announces the 21st Annual Saint Joseph’s University Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium, which will be held Friday, April 23, 2010.   Undergraduate and graduate students working in the areas of Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, the Natural, and the Social Sciences are invited and encouraged to present the results of their work in the poster session.  The Symposium will commence at 5:00 pm on the Saint Joseph’s University Campus in Philadelphia, PA.   It will open with the keynote address in the Wolfington Teletorium in Mandeville Hall.   The poster sessions will start at 6:45 in the Campion Student Center.    This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Hazel Barton, Ashland Professor of Integrative Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University.  Her talk is entitled “Amazing Caves:  Amazing Microbes” is free and open to the public.    Registration fee for the symposium is $30 for students and $45 for faculty members.   The optional dinner at Saint Joseph’s is an additional $15 for both students and faculty.  Registration and abstracts are due by Friday, April 9, 2010.  For more information including online registration for the symposium, please visit http://www.sju.edu/srs.  We look forward to seeing you.