CU Psychology and Neuroscience graduate student Nick Haynes (Behavioral Neuroscience), mentored by Ryan Bachtell, will present his dissertation research in the Graduate School's inaugural Three-Minute Thesis () competition in the UMC's Glenn Miller Ballroom聽on February 20, 2018. This is the final round of CU's local聽competition. The winner receives $1500 and聽funding from the Graduate School to attend and present at the western regional competition in Las Vegas later in March (2nd聽and 3rd place winners also receive聽prizes). The聽, founded by the University of Queensland in 2008, is an academic competition that cultivates graduate students鈥� presentation and research communication skills and challenges them to describe their research within three minutes to a general audience.聽Competitors聽are allowed聽one PowerPoint slide, but no other resources or props. Today, over 600 universities hold 3MT competitions across 63 countries.