The university�s Undergraduate Research Program sponsors the annual event. Presentations are open to under graduate and graduate students who have completed a collaborative, innovative scholarly project during the current academic year.

The program�s goal is to provide students with the opportunity to work with a faculty mentor on a research project. More than 40 faculty members participated with students in this year�s symposium.

�The privilege for students to participate in this level of serious exploration and research is usually reserved for graduate study, Union University President David S. Dockery said. �The entire project is an affirmation of the quality of Union students and the serious investment that Union faculty members provide for these students.�

Among the research presentations: a study of autonomous robot design, a look at human trafficking in Latin America, a survey of Madison County and Jackson residents about the possibility of consolidated government, and analysis of care practices available to Alzheimer�s patients in Tennessee. 2007 website...