Food Insecurity Focus of Winning 3MT Presentation

Anthropology graduate student Patricia Mathu presented the winning talk during the annual 3-Minute Thesis competition Nov. 29 sponsored by The University of Alabama Graduate School.

Fifteen graduate students presented their research for no longer than three minutes each after which a panel of judges selected the top four winners while the audience selected a People’s Choice winner.

The 3MT® is a research communication competition that challenges graduate students to give a compelling presentation on their research and its significance in just three minutes in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. 

Winners include:

First Place ($1,500 scholarship) – Patricia Mathu, Anthropology – “Food Insecurity on Campus”

Second Place ($1,000 scholarship) – Swarnali Chatterjee, Biological Sciences – “From Gut to Brain: How Dietary Molecules Resolve Neuroinflammation”

Third Place ($750 scholarship) – Atta Ur Razzaq, Chemical and Biological Engineering – “Upcycling Waste Plastics to Filters for Water”

Fourth Place and People’s Choice ($250 scholarship for fourth place and a $750 scholarship for the People’s Choice award) – Braden Hall, Psychology – “Redefining Flirting”

Mathu will go on to represent UA at the Southeast regional competition in Greenville, South Carolina, in March.

Visit UA Graduate School’s Facebook page to view the presentations.