AGNR Cornerstone Event - Invitation to Submit Posters and Join Student Poster Competition

On October 12, we will celebrate our college’s 4th Annual Cornerstone event, themed around our strategic initiative of Optimize Urban Environments Through Design, Green Technology, and Community Engagement. 

Calls for poster submissions are now open from faculty, staff, and partners, etc. This is our collective opportunity to showcase the depth and myriad of research, Extension, and teaching being undertaken in the college. Our goal is to become the leader and first-rank resource for information and solutions to environmental and social urban sustainability problems.

Once again, we are featuring a student poster competition, a component of the program that has been very successful in years past. We hope that you will submit your posters for any research projects related to our theme of Optimizing Urban Environments and any of our Five AGNR Strategic Initiatives.

The deadline is September 30. Please submit online using this link – Poster Submission for AGNR Cornerstone Event

Important things to remember:

1. Poster size should be 4ft x 4ft [48in x 48in] or smaller
2. One submission only per Lead Student-Author [Faculty can submit more than one poster if they want to showcase more than one research or outreach topic.]
3. Bring poster and sign-in between 7:30-9:00AM on October 12 inside the Charles Carroll Room of Stamp Union. 
4. Students need to be present during the Poster Session [12:30-1:30PM] to explain their project and answer questions of the Judges.
5. Awards will be given at the closing session at 4:00PM. Students- Please be there!
6. Remove poster only after the Event ends at 6:00PM.  Please let someone know at the Poster-sign-in desk if you want us to keep your poster for you to collect later.

Posters will be judged based on the following criteria:

• Organization (Neatness, Clarity of Fonts, graphs, tables, text, etc.)  = 15 points
• Clarity of Hypothesis, Objectives, Goals, etc. = 15 points
• Overall Scientific Quality (Methods, Results, Conclusions, etc.) = 40 points
• Clarity of Oral Presentation = 30 points

If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Prentice mkpren@umd.edu and Rubie Mize rgmize@umd.edu