Celebrating the 2023 winners of the Three Minute Thesis.

The Graduate School announces its top-ten finalists for its upcoming Three Minute Thesis competition, to be held on October 11.

Alison Mercer-Smith, an M.D./Ph.D. student who is completing her doctoral work in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, is the UNC-Chapel Hill Three Minute Thesis (3MT) campus winner.

The public is invited to attend the annual event, in which 10 students present their research in just three minutes; the campus winner will compete in the March 2020 regionals.

The University of Queensland developed the 3MT in 2008 and more than 600 universities in 65 countries now hold their own competitions.

UNC-Chapel Hill campus winner competes with nearly 50 other 3MT winners throughout the Southeast.

Ten finalists presented their research to judges and an audience — with a three-minute time limit. Jessica Barrick won second place and William Green won People’s Choice honors.

Ten graduate students present their research – with a three-minute time limit – in Oct. 30 Three Minute Thesis competition at UNC-Chapel Hill.

At the annual Three Minute Thesis competition finals, 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate students had only three minutes to explain their months — or years — of research.

One by one, the graduate students walk to the front of the auditorium, with three minutes – and not a second more – to present their original research findings before an attentive audience and panel of judges.