{"id":11691,"date":"2015-10-29T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T19:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=11691"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:08:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:08:16","slug":"3-minute-thesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=11691","title":{"rendered":"Graduate dissertation competition finals to be held Nov. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

The public is invited to the first-ever UNC-Chapel Hill competition in which 10 Ph.D. students present their research in 3 minutes; audience members determine one winner.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The final round of UNC-Chapel Hill\u2019s first-ever Three Minute Thesis<\/a> (3MT\u00ae)<\/strong> competition takes place Nov. 4, and the public is invited to watch as 10 doctoral students present their research on a stage, using one slide and no props other than the slide.<\/p>\n

\"3MTlogo-RGB-3-300x113\"<\/a>The final event will be held Nov. 4 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 3MT was developed by the University of Queensland and is now held in more than 200 universities in 18-plus countries worldwide. The competition provides students with an opportunity to hone their communication skills while distilling their dissertation to the most important features, said Steve Matson<\/strong>, dean of The Graduate School.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents, during their academic training, learn how to communicate with an academic audience,\u201d he added. \u201cHowever, they do not frequently have a chance to share their work with a general audience in a way that captures the importance of their work and its relevance to the world today. We\u2019re pleased that the audience within our 3MT finals competition actually determines one of our campus winners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doctoral students from a variety of disciplines participated in an earlier judged preliminary round competition, and the 10 finalists for Nov. 4 are:<\/p>\n