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School of Natural & Social Sciences Student Symposium

The 31st Annual Natural & Social Sciences Student Symposium will take place on Saturday, May 5, 2012.

Showcasing the Sciences at Purchase College:

Begun in 1981, the Symposium provides an opportunity for seniors to present their Senior Project research to a large audience of peers, alumni, family, faculty, and members of the community. Two concurrent sessions in Anthropology, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Environmental Studies, Gender Studies, Latin American Studies, Mathematics/Computer Science, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology take place throughout the morning, followed by light refreshments. Seniors who participate in the symposium consider it a highlight of their undergraduate experience.

Here's what one past participant said about her experience:
"I highly recommend anyone who gets offered to be a presenter at the Natural Sciences Student Symposium to go for it. I wasn't sure if I should at first, but it was another great experience and it taught me a lot about public presentations, which are very important, especially in the research sciences." -Anne Houser

Information for Guests:

The public is warmly invited to attend the 2012 Symposium. Admission is free.

If you have not been to Purchase before, go to this map of the campus and click to get the full map. The Natural Sciences Building is building 21 on the map. Please park in parking lot W1.  Click here for directions to the campus.

The 31st Natural and Social Sciences Student Research Symposium Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of our symposiums' sponsors:

The Joseph & Sophia Abeles Foundation     
Edith Fehr

Lucille Werlinich

Catherine Ziegler

John Ambroseo, Ph.D. ('83 Chemistry) & Jeanette Ambroseo

Con Edison

Doral Arrowwood

Ronen Marmur, M.D. ('90 Psychology)

Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society

Entergy

The School of Natural and Social Sciences Alumni

The Friends of Natural and Social Sciences                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Catherine

Additional support provided by The Friends of Natural & Social Sciences and by the Purchase College Alumni.

Please contact the Symposium Chair, Dr. Peggy De Cooke (peggy.decooke@purchase.edu) or Co-chair, Andrea Chiriguaya (andrea.chiriguaya@purchase.edu) for additional information regarding the 2012 NSS Symposium.