This past week was a time for UND graduate students to showcase their research at the annual school of Graduate Studies Scholarly forum, where “Graduate students and faculty and undergraduates will showcase their research and creative scholarship with oral presentations, panel discussions and poster sessions,” according to the Graduate School website.

The forum began with presentation sessions over a variety of research topics across various disciplines of the arts and sciences. Research topics from electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics and astrophysics to qualitative communication research and music were presented and discussed.

Some topics covered local and regional research, including “Habitat Selction for Grey Wolves (Canis Lupis) in the Red Lake Region in Minnesota” and “It’s Not as Sweet as It Should Be: The Dilemma of Honey Bees in North Dakota,” to research from different places across the world such as “Survey of Amazonian Bird Helminthes,” and “The Concept of Tutelage in The International Missionary Council in Colonial Senegal, 1921-1935.”

The keynote speaker for this year’s forum was Dr. Arielle Selya, Associate Professor at UND’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences, who presented her own research titled, “Smoking and Nicotine Dependence Among Adolescents: New Methodological Approaches.” The forum resumed on Wednesday with more presentations and ended with a poster session in the Memorial Union Ballroom from 2 to 4 p.m.

Staff report