LARAMIE, Wyo., Sept. 18 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:

Graduate students from across the University of Wyoming will have just three minutes to make their research matter.

The UW School of Graduate Education hosts the university-level Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, in the West Ballroom of the Wyoming Union.

The competition brings together the top students from UW's college-level 3MT competitions that took place during the spring semester. Each finalist earned a spot in the university competition by placing among the top presenters in their respective college-level competition in the spring.

3MT challenges graduate students to explain their research in a way that is cle...