Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium (FURS)

Scenes of students engaging in science in the field, in the lab and in the classroom.

Sep

2023

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

In Person (view details)

Featured Speaker(s): Alex Huth

Cost: Free

Part of the College of Natural Science’s Experiential Learning Week.

Description

Undergraduate researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and across Texas will speak on their research projects in the biological and chemical sciences and may participate in the Science Slam.

General sessions will include 8-minute research presentations followed by 2 minutes of questions. Science Slam talks are 3-minute “elevator” talks in which students describe their research targeting a non-scientist/layperson audience. Graduate schools from across Texas will also be at the event for recruiting.

The keynote speaker with be Dr. Alex Huth (Computer Science and Neuroscience) speaking on his work “Encoding and Decoding of Natural Language in fMRI” that was recently published in Nature Neuroscienceand featured in CNS News as an “AI brain decoder” and tested out on a CNN reporter.

Learn more here, including how to volunteer to organize, moderate or judge.

CNS Experiential Learning Week (September 18-23) is designed to introduce CNS students to all of the different ways they can get experience during their time at UT. Come learn about all the amazing opportunities you can choose from!