1. Undergraduate Research Center Stage at
Georgetown March 28-April 13
A student explains her research during last year's Undergraduate Research Conference presented by
the School of Nursing & Health Studies at Georgetown.
March 28, 2014 – Georgetown’s commitment to undergraduate research is stronger than ever over
the next two weeks as it hosts a series of four student-run conferences and symposiums featuring top
faculty and student researchers and promotes the concept of mentorship.
“Undertaking a research project demonstrates passion, curiosity, problem-solving skills, strong
writing and analytical skills and other qualities that employers in every field are looking for,” says
Chloe Krawczyk (SFS’15), co-chair of the Walsh Exchange (http://walshex.wordpress.com/) conference that
begins today and runs through March 30.
The Walsh Exchange conference – sponsored by the School of Foreign Service
(http://sfs.georgetown.edu/)’s dean’s office, the Mortara Center for International Studies, the student-run
Lecture Fund, The Corp and Georgetown University Student Association – is dedicated to the study of
international relations.
Policies and People

2. The SFS conference will focus on “Ideologies, Policies and People: Shifting Dynamics in
Contemporary International Affairs” and feature Robert Beck, author of International law and the
Use of Force: Beyond the U.N. Charter Paradigm, as well as a panel of Georgetown professors.
Krawczyk (SFS’15), a science, technology and international affairs major, has conducted research on
China’s energy developments, U.S.-China collaboration over energy and other sociopolitical issues in
China. She spent last summer in Qingdao, China, as a Critical Language Scholar and the fall in Beijing
researching China’s natural gas procurement as a Boren Scholar
(https://www.borenawards.org/boren_scholarship).
“Our conference is unique in that it allows panelists to showcase their research, but also creates a
comfortable environment for people who may not know much about the subject to ask questions and
talk to the presenters and moderators,” Krawczyk explains.
Interdisciplinary and Diverse
The Undergraduate Research Symposium (https://surgeorgetown.wordpress.com/) taking place April 4-5 is
an interdisciplinary conference that brings students, faculty and university leaders together to
integrate the diverse research being carried out across campus.
Slate contributor Arthur Allen, who wrote Vaccine: the Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest
Lifesaver, will serve as the keynote speaker.
“Georgetown has a large number of faculty mentoring and collaborating with undergraduates in
research, one-on-one and in teams,” says Janet Mann, vice provost for research and professor of
biology and psychology. “Research is one of the most vital and formative learning experiences a
student can have, one that they will never forget.”
Health and Science
Jan LaRocque, assistant professor of human science, serves as a faculty advisor for the School of
Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) Undergraduate Research Conference
(https://nhs.georgetown.edu/undergraduate-research-conference), which will take place April 7-9.
The NHS conference highlights the health- and science-related research efforts of undergraduate
students from Georgetown and other universities in the metro Washington, D.C. area. Dr. Eric Green,
director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, will be the keynote speaker.
“Faculty are provided the opportunity to effectively train the next generation of scholars, and students
benefit from learning about the reality of the research process,” LaRocque says. “Knowing the
foundations of how to ask a question, test this question, and interpret the results is integral to all
thought processes.”
The last research event, the 13th Carroll Round Economics Conference
(http://carrollround.georgetown.edu/), will take place April 10-13 and provide a forum for research and
discussion on international economics among the world’s top undergraduates.
“We are proud to showcase the outstanding efforts of our faculty and students,” Mann says, “by

3. promoting these weeks of undergraduate research conferences.”
Related Information
The Walsh Exchange (http://walshex.wordpress.com/)
Undergraduate Research Conference (http://nhs.georgetown.edu/undergraduate-research-
conference#_ga=1.17409529.1361137179.1400445180)
Undergraduate Research Symposium (https://nhs.georgetown.edu/undergraduate-research-conference)
Carroll Round (http://carrollround.georgetown.edu/#_ga=1.17409529.1361137179.1400445180)
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