Paul College URC
Friday, April 25, 2025
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Turn your ideas into opportunities!
The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to showcase their research at the annual Undergraduate Research Conference (URC). Through original research and valuable guidance from mentors, students gain a deeper academic knowledge as well as professional experience. This URC event includes poster presentations, oral presentations and feedback from University and business leaders.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025
View the detailed schedule via Microsoft Excel.
Poster Session I, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Econ 775 (BS) – Advisor: Prof. Saglam in the Great Hall
Organizational Insights Lab - Advisor: Prof. Griffith in the Great Hall
Poster Session II, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
EcoGastronomy - Advisor: Prof. Winans in G45
Multidisciplinary/Honors: Other - Advisors: Various, in Great Hall
Oral Marketing Sessions, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
Advisor: Prof. Masucci in 115, 175, and 185
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025
FIRE URC
The FIRE URC is a culmination of the yearlong Grand Challenge Project that Paul College freshmen complete as a part of the First Year Research and Innovation Experience. Students spend the year researching and designing business plans for products and services that address problems relevant to today’s society. Teams are divided into five different categories based on overarching theme. This year's theme is People, Planet, Prosperity focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals Affordable & Clean Energy, Clean Water & Sanitation, Gender Equality, Good Health & Wellbeing, and Life on Land.
Students presenting at the Paul College URC event are required to have a 32” x 40” mounted poster (Paul College will provide the easels).
It is suggested that you order your poster through UNH Printing Services, selecting the“32" x 40" on 100% recycled ImageMax Board 60.00” option when filling out the the Printing Services order form. When you order this way, Paul College will cover $50 of the cost towards your poster (one $50 reimbursement per team), leaving students responsible for paying the remaining $10. Students who win ribbons for their session, will be reimbursed the $10 (one reimbursement per team). If you order from a vendor other than UNH Printing Services, you will pay in full and after presenting in the Paul College URC you will need to complete a reimbursement form, which must be accompanied by the original receipt.
Posters must be submitted to UNH Printing Services and PDFs must be uploaded to the correct SharePoint folder no later than 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, April 17.
Steps for creating, finalizing and submitting your posters are as follows:
Step 1: Finalize your 32”x40” poster* showcasing your research.
- View the "Poster Building Resources" accordion tab below for resources and tips that will help with the final draft of your poster.
- Save out the editable version of your poster (whether in PPT, Canva, etc.), along with a PDF of the final poster using this naming convention:
LastName_FirstName_PaulCollege URC.
Step 2: Submit to UNH Printing Services.
- When filling out the Printing Services order form, select the “32" x 40" on 100% recycled ImageMax Board 60.00” option under the section of the form titled, “Poster printed directly to rigid material.”
- When asked for a name for your file, use the same naming convention, LastName_FirstName_PaulCollege_URC.
Step 3: Submit a PDF of your one-page poster for judging purposes.
- Upload a digital PDF of your poster to the SharePoint folder below that matches the session in which you are presenting*:
*USNH sign in is required.
Step 4: Prepare for presenting your poster at the Paul College URC on Friday, Apr. 26 (see the event schedule in accordion section below).
Step 5: Present your research at the Paul College URC!
- Posters printed through UNH Printing Services will be delivered to Paul College and can be picked up on the ground floor on the day of the URC.
- First, second, and third place ribbons will be awarded during each poster session. Winning teams will be fully reimbursed for the cost of their poster, as explained above.
Strategies for making your presentation more visibly appealing:
- Use less text and larger font sizes so that the viewer can read clearly online.
- Use more bullet points and phrases vs. dense sections of text
- Use more visual representations of your methodology and/or conclusions (e.g., a flow diagram illustrating your approach, or representative graphs that highlight your research findings)
- Powerpoint Template (Vertical - 32x40) *Save out a new copy to your computer
- Powerpoint Template (Horizontal - 40x32) *Save out a new copy to your computer
- Tips for creating successful research poster presentations *must be signed into a USNH account to access
- UNH and Paul College Logos (updated 3/20/2025)
- Connors Writing Center
- Research Conference Help: URC & GRC Guide
- URC & GRC Preparation Resources
- Additional resources
Dan Winans – URC Co-Chair/Director Ecogastronomy Dual Major
Shayna Sylvia– URC Co-Chair/Marketing and Communications
Andrew Earle - Management Department
Peter Masucci – Marketing Department
Aziz Saglam– Economics Department
Gorkem Turgut (G.T.) Ozer – Decision Sciences Department
Linda Ragland - Accounting and Finance Department
Aziz Saglam
Bingjin Xue
Bruce Pfeiffer
Daniel Winans
David Reynolds
Jennifer Griffith
Kyle Bi
Marco Vincenzi
Michael Goldberg
Michael Hanlon
Nikhil Awasty
Paul Harvey
Peter Masucci
Peter Zaimes
Peter Lane
Richard Kilbride
Advisor: Aziz Saglam
Judges: Ju-Chin Huang, Masoud Abkenari
1st Place: Reece Apgar, Sam Croteau, Aiden Giarnese & Logan Patrick– State Electricity Prices & the Russia-Ukraine War
2nd Place: Mary Condon, Victoria Drake, & Joseph Skehan– GDP or GNH? Gross National Happiness
3rd Place: Drew Bircher, Kyle Burditt, & Ryan Luis, – Stock Market Effect on Consumption
Advisor: Daniel Winans
Judges: Susan Soucy & Hayley Harmon
1st Place: Caeleigh Reger – Saving Grains: Transforming Brewer's Spent Grain into Sustainable Food Solutions
2nd Place: Katie Johnstone – Shear Growth: Using Wool and Hair as Nature's Fertilizer
3rd Place: Emily Abrusci – The Cost of Local: Exploring Food Affordability on the NH Seacoast
Advisors: Various
Judges: David Reynolds & Courtney Paulson
1st Place: James Webster - Deportations and Debt: How the Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies Affect our National Debt Situation
2nd Place: Peter Duriga, Rebecca Rainey, Will Theriault, & Andrew Turkington - Exploring BTC Proxy Companies: Valuation, Volatility, and Crypto Exposure
3rd Place: Tia DiMicelli - You'll Be Back: Sensory Cognition Influence on Audience Retention
Advisor: Jennifer Griffith
Judges: Kim Clark, Dev Dutta, & Scott Lemos
1st Place: Eleanor McNamara - Analyzing the Effectiveness of ADHD Adjustments in the Workplace
2nd Place: Ian Dowgiert, David Farris, Caleb Greene, Madeline Proulx, & Mia Ward - Non-Profit organizations and Retention: Impact of Leadership, Communications, and Meaning of Work on Volunteers and Employees
3rd Place: Nadia Goich, Caleb Johnson, Olivia Kennedy, Jack Sheridan, & Damon Smead - Rent, Stress, & Success
Directions and parking. Paul College is located at 10 Garrison Avenue, Durham, NH.