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conference with students from her School participating . Two years later , other Schools joined in , and now graduate and undergraduate students present their work at an annual conference through narrated poster presentations .
TAKING THE STAGE AT INDUSTRY CONFERENCES
Students often present their research at industry conferences related to their majors , including the Pennsylvania
Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers ’ conference and the Eastern Psychological Association ( EPA ) Conference .
And , students have been recognized at such conferences . For example , Biology alumna Seydel Acuña ’ 22 presented her research at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students ( ABRCMS ) in 2021 and received the Presentation Award after competing against hundreds of students from large research universities .
PRESIDENT ’ S EXCELLENCE FUND
Every year , this fund awards mini grants to support academic pursuits , including various forms of research . The Criminal Justice program ’ s Inside- Out Prison Exchange Program ®, for example , enables Criminal Justice students to take a semester-long course with incarcerated individuals (“ inside students ”) at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia .
Left : Grace deFreese ’ 23 shares her research poster presentation Above : Inside-Out Prison Exchange program , 2019
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GMERCYU ’ S
10 th
ANNUAL
University Research Conference will be held in April 2024 .
2020
The conference went virtual due to the pandemic . A digital presentation of the conference has been created every year since .
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2017 2018 2019 2020
GMercyU welcomes Deanne H . D ’ Emilio , JD , as the university ’ s sixth president .
GMercyU purchases the East Campus , a 154-acre property adjacent to its main campus .
The University holds its largest Commencement , awarding degrees to more than 880 graduates .
2020s
GMercyU donates medical supplies to area hospitals at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic .
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