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CNR Graduate Research Symposium

Seventh Annual CNR Graduate Research Symposium

March 20, 2025 | 12:45-5:00 p.m.
Talley Student Union | Piedmont-Mountains Ballroom

Sponsored by the CNR Research Office, this event will showcase and celebrate the outstanding research, teaching, and extension of graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and their faculty advisers or mentors in the Departments of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Forest Biomaterials, and Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, and the Center for Geospatial Analytics, in the College of Natural Resources at NC State University.

The Symposium includes a poster competition and a three-minute thesis (3MT) competition. This year’s research categories include:

  • Management and Policies
  • Human and Environment Interactions
  • Sustainability and the Sustainable Bioeconomy
  • Natural Systems

Event Schedule


12:45 p.m. – Welcome and opening remarks
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Poster session (light refreshments)
3:00 – 3:15 p.m. – Break
3:15 – 3:50 p.m. – 3MT Round #1
3:50 – 3:55 p.m. – Break
3:55 – 4:25 p.m. – 3MT Round #2
4:25 – 4:30 p.m. – Break
4:30 – 5:00 p.m. – 3MT Round #3
5:00 – 5:30 p.m. – Awards presentation and ice cream social

Past Symposia Abstract Booklets

Questions? Contact us.