UM Today: Come cheer on this year’s 3MT finalists on March 18

From health to the humanities, the finalists for this year’s 3MT competition are demonstrating how graduate student research at the University of Manitoba benefits our greater community.

Seventy-three students applied, 36 competed in three heats, and the judges narrowed it down to 14. Those finalists – both masters and doctoral students – are now gearing up for the competition final, which will be held on Monday, March 18, at the Robert B. Schultz Lecture Theatre in St. John’s College from 7-9pm.

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an annual competition where challengers have just three minutes to explain their research and its importance during a straightforward presentation in plain language, using only a single slide to illustrate their topic.

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