We want to see YOU at the 20th Annual UBRP Conference, on Saturday, January 17, 2009.  For many it will be a long holiday weekend (Martin Luther King Day is celebrated January 19) so why not spend the weekend in sunny, warm Tucson?  If you still need convincing, here are our top ten reasons for attending the conference:

1.  To interact with UBRP students and to learn about the incredibly cool science undergraduates are doing at UA  (from characterizing the microbial life in Karchner Caverns, to hearing about drug development for cancer and heart disease, to understanding more about climate change and the specialized roles of honey bees--there is plenty to learn!)

2.  To see the new state-of-the-art Keating (BIO 5) Building on the UA Health Sciences Center Campus (the location of this year's conference)

3.  To celebrate the amazing faculty mentors and graduate student, postdoc and technician mentors who make undergraduate research on our campus possible!

4.  To catch up with faculty and staff and former classmates you haven't seen in awhile

5.  To recruit bright undergraduates for your research group or company

6.  To recruit bright undergraduates for graduate programs at your institution

7.  To test the premise that each undergraduate cohort is as talented as the previous ones

8.  To hear what Jared Ragland '96, UBRP alum now in the Office of the US Trade Representative, has to say in the keynote address

9.  To enjoy mild weather in the middle of winter

10.  To have a blast!

We want to see you so we hope you will be here!