Apr 2, 2021
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Wheeling University students explain a research poster during a past Research Day. This yearâs event will be held Wednesday in Troy Theater.
WHEELING Students from various academic programs will present their scholarly work during Wheeling University’s annual Student Research & Scholarship Symposium Wednesday.
This year, the annual research symposium will consist of a half day of poster and oral presentations by students from a variety of academic majors, which will begin at noon.
That evening, the health science programs will hold its Inter-Professional Education (IPE) event when students and faculty from nursing, physical therapy, and exercise science, along with community partners, work through a paper case in small inter-professional groups.
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