UWill Discover logoThe UWill Discover Sustainable Futures conference continues through Friday in the CAW Student Centre.

Chili lunch to cap student research conference

Friday, March 24, sessions of the UWill Discover student research conference will include a trivia contest, a policy brief competition, discussion of sustainability, and poster presentations, all in the CAW Student Centre.

UWindsor sustainability officer Nadia Harduar promises a fun and informative trivia contest at 9 a.m. concluding with cash prizes for winning students.

The policy brief competition, at 10 a.m., will allow participants to advocate for ideas to address complex issues.

Also at 10 a.m., a panel of UWindsor alumni will discuss their means of working to ensure a more sustainable world.

Law professor Anneke Smit, director of the Centre for Cities, will discuss a partnership between Wayne State University and the University of Windsor in a Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development at 11 a.m.

The campus community will join in a free chili lunch beginning at noon, and afterwards, the floor will turn over to poster presentations.

The top-judged finalists in all disciplines will present condensed versions of their projects a week later — Friday, March 31, at 2:30 p.m. in the Entrepreneurship Practice and Innovation Centre (EPICentre).

Find a full conference schedule here.