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51³Ô¹ÏÍø Hosts Florida Undergraduate Research Conference

51³Ô¹ÏÍø hosted the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC) 2017 on Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 on its Boca Raton campus.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø College of Business 51³Ô¹ÏÍø talk about their research with 51³Ô¹ÏÍø President John Kelly.


By kelsie weekes | 2/28/2017

51³Ô¹ÏÍø recently hosted the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC) 2017 on Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Boca Raton campus. Sponsored by 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry, it is one of the country’s largest multi-disciplinary research conferences and is open to all undergraduate researchers in the state.

FURC 2017 featured 330 presentations from student-researchers from 25 different colleges and universities throughout Florida. In addition to poster presentations and workshops, 33 graduate recruiters from across the country were in attendance to meet and network with 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Kate Detwiler, Ph.D., an assistant professor of anthropology at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, served as the conference’s keynote speaker on Friday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. at the Delray Hyundai Deck of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Stadium.Ìý Detwiler specializes in studying rare and endangered primate species in the Congo rainforests and hybrid monkeys in western Tanzania. Her work on the discovery of Cercopithecus lomamiensis, a new monkey species, received international media coverage in publications including National Geographic, Science magazine and Nature.Ìý

To learn more about undergraduate research at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, visit .

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