Montana State University students will present the results of their research for the Bozeman community to see during the annual Student Research Celebration, which will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in the Strand Union Building ballrooms A and B on the MSU campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The celebration will feature the work of both graduate and undergraduate students from a variety of disciplines. Each student will offer explanations on the results of their work and display their findings on posters.

There will be two poster sessions, as well as an official reception, held in the SUB ballroom A, to recognize the students’ work. The morning session will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by the reception from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The afternoon session will be held from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Topical sessions will include health and human development; macroevolution theory; math and statistics interdisciplinary research; biomedical engineering; feminism and the Western (film genre); and a session given by McNair scholars on a variety of topics, including elementary education, chemistry, psychology, biological sciences and philosophy.

Sponsors for the event include the MSU Office of the Provost, the Graduate School, the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, the College of Agriculture, College of Arts and Architecture, Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, College of Education, Health and Human Development, Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering, College of Letters and Science, College of Nursing, the Honors College, American Indian Research Opportunities, the Center for Biofilm Engineering, the McNair Scholars Program, Montana INBRE Program and the Montana Space Grant Consortium.

For more information on the event, contact Rose Dormanen, Undergraduate Scholars Program, at 406-994-3561 or usp@montana.edu.