2013 UBC 3MT Semi-Finals Results Are In!
Amazing presentations by the 22 graduate students in the UBC 3MT semi-finals yesterday! But a while all were brilliant a few won extra distinction by being selected as People’s Choice or as one of the four presenters chosen by the judges to move on to the final round. Results: Semi-Final 1: 1st Place: Jenny McCune, […]
3MT at UBC
3MT™ (Three Minute Thesis) is a competition that challenges graduate students to hone their communications and presentation skills by clearly and powerfully articulating their research into a 3 minute oration to a general audience.
2012 3MT Finalist Wins a PhD Comics Animation
While UBC’s Three Minute Thesis competition is already in the history books for 2012, graduate research rolls onward as ably demonstrated by UBC3MT2012 finalist and graduate student Baillie Redfern. This summer she entered a 2-minute audio version of her thesis presentation “Engineering the Perfect Perfume” to a Two-Minute Thesis contest sponsored by PHDcomics. And congratulations […]
The Final Results Are In!
This year 135 University of British Columbia (UBC) graduate students took up the challenge of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) with the aim of effectively expressing their thesis research as a three-minute speech for a general audience. While each and every one of them deserves a round of applause, today at the Graduate Student Center […]
It’s Time for the Final Round!
The eight finalists of 3MT 2012 @ UBC take the stage at 12 noon in the Graduate Student Centre Ballroom. Join us for a truly enlightening event!
3 Minute Thesis @UBC 2012 – Congratulations to the Semi-finalists!
Effectively communicating the essence of your graduate research in a three-minute speech is a task that demands a great deal from a graduate student – clarity, concision and enthusiasm – all in the right balance. The Faculty of Graduate Studies would like to congratulate all of the students who have taken up the challenge of […]
1st Week Results & 3MT Semi Finals
Mark your calendar for the semi-finals on February 29 and finals on March 2.
Tips to Prepare for 3MT@UBC
The first heats of UBC’s 2012 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) completion will be starting up next week, so if you are one of the brave graduate students stepping up to the challenge you are probably practicing and preparing for your 3 minutes in the spotlight. To help you with your preparation, and to encourage you […]
The experience of a 3MT 2011 finalist
Are you wondering what it would really be like to participate in the 3MT competition and make it all the way to the finals? Well, here is a little insight for you courtesy of Faculty of Medicine graduate student, Sarah Chow, who describes for us her experience competing in the 2011 UBC 3MT event. The […]
They Had 3 Minutes: 3MT Results
That’s it. That’s all they had. Three minutes to tell us about their graduate research and how it’s going to change our world. Now, the final result of the UBC 3 Minute Thesis (3MT™) Competition Finals is, well, final! Here are the names of those victorious in the 6 week campus wide battle which played […]
