Graduate Studies

Students and faculty turned out Tuesday to watch the first round of the Three Minute Thesis competition, in the CAW Student Centre’s Ambassador Auditorium.

The competition challenges graduate students to make three-minute presentations on the topic of their thesis or dissertation. There are cash prizes for the winner and runner-up, who will also go on to represent the University of Windsor in a province-wide competition in April.

The global economic crisis that began in August 2007 has shaken the belief that financial crises belong only to the past, says Robert Dimand.

“At every moment in the evolution of economics, you could find people who were convinced that the way things were is how they would always be,” he says.

A professor of economics at Brock University, Dimand will explore the value of teaching economic history in his free public presentation “What to tell a Graduate Course in Macroeconomics about Keynes,” at 10 a.m. Friday, March 8, in room 1163, Chrysler Hall North.

How quickly can you explain your research? UWindsor graduate students are being challenged to offer a presentation on their thesis or dissertation topic to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes.

Organizers call the Three Minute Thesis competition a unique opportunity to promote the innovative research undertaken by graduate students at the University of Windsor. The heats and the final are open to the public and will be advertised within the community. The audience will be able to cast a vote for a People’s Choice award in the final.