I’m a little late getting to this, but I wanted to put up a quick post about the 2016 Tester Symposium which took place at the end of last week. This year marked the 41st year of this symposium, which supports graduate student research here at the University of Hawaii. It’s three solid days of graduate student talks, two key note lectures by Dolph Schluter (this year’s invited speaker), and capped off with a banquet at the beautiful aquarium in Waikiki.
Emilie spoke about her thesis research this year and was selected as a winner for best talk! This is great news and well deserved.
I was part of the organizational team for this symposium for the previous two years. I found it really nice to be able to kick back and enjoy the symposium a bit more this year. Organizing is fun, but inevitably comes with some stress, and less opportunity to watch the talks.
Awards Banquet at Waikiki Aquarium
Emilie Richards wins best talk award!
