Meet your 2023 Three Minute Thesis contestants

WGLT General Manager RC McBride served as emcee for the event.

This year, 11 contestants will compete and have the opportunity to share their research with all in attendance. Hear from each contestant and learn more about their research topic, their department support, and the faculty and staff impact that has been made.

Fluddles

From left: Angelo Capparella, Bill Davison, RJ Rowley, and Brittany Menzel ‘22

Combine these two words, floods and puddles, and you get: fluddles. To some ears, it’s a quaint-sounding word, rhymes with cuddles, could even be something a child might say. But in nature, fluddles are quite significant and are the key component of a local wetlands preservation project.

Three Minute Thesis competition, February 23

Normal Theatre, located in Uptown Normal, will again be hosting the Three Minute Thesis Competition.

The annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 23, at the Normal Theater located in Uptown Normal. The event is free and open to the public.