UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State's annual Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT), hosted by the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School, is now accepting graduate student competitor and judge registrations.

In its fourth year at Penn State, 3MT allows graduate students to improve their research communication and presentation skills, permitting just three minutes and one static presentation slide to effectively communicate their research and its impact to an audience outside their field. 3MT was originally developed at the University of Queensland, Australia, and is now hosted at more than 900 universities worldwide.

All master's, docto...