Junior Science, Engineering, and Humanities Symposium starts Sunday

Published: January 28 2008

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Preparations are under way for the 45th Annual Junior Science, Engineering, and Humanities Symposium to be held Feb. 3-5 at the University of Florida.

More than 300 ninth- through 12th-grade students and science teachers from school districts throughout the state will attend. The event is sponsored by the university’s Center for Precollegiate Education and Training, the Academy of Applied Science, U.S. Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. More than 100 administrators, faculty and graduate students will participate in this important event.

Twenty 11th- and 12th-grade students will present their research in competition. First-, second- and third-place speaker winners will be awarded scholarship monies to the university of his or her choice. The first- and second-place winners will present their research at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (NJSHS) in Orlando in May. All five speaker winners will be awarded trips to attend the NJSHS.

The symposium also features visits to more than 60 labs across campus, science presentations by UF faculty, oral presentations by ninth- and 10th-grade student researchers, poster presentations by all of the student researchers and a musical performance.

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Deborah Paulin, 352-392-2310

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