About the Graduate Academic Conference

The goal of the Graduate Academic Conference (GAC) is to showcase both completed and ongoing research. Already completed and ongoing research projects will be presented in poster and short oral presentation format at the conference. Graduate students are challenged to translate what might be highly technical language into a description that is easily understood by members of the general public who may be less familiar with their research area. The GAC awards several monetary prizes that reflect the graduate student’s success at this translation. Prize totals are subject to the number of submissions and will be announced closer to the date of the conference.

The 2012 GAC is a forum for graduate and professional students to present their academic work to the larger MSU community and a network of peers from the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. The GAC, in its fourth year, will include participants from the University of Michigan and Wayne State University for the first time in the conference's history. Organized and implemented by the MSU Council of Graduate Students (COGS) with the support of MSU colleges and stakeholders, the GAC provides a way for graduate and professional students from different disciplines to share ideas and practice presentation skills.

All MSU, Michigan, and Wayne State graduate and professional(law and medical) students are welcome to present and attend.