Symposium to showcase the work of more than 50 students

9:56 a.m., April 29, 2015--The University of Delaware’s 2015 Senior Thesis Symposium will be held Saturday, May 2, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Perkins Student Center on the Newark campus. 

The symposium highlights the work of more than 50 students completing a senior thesis and includes both poster and oral presentations. 

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Bryan Townsend, who earned the first of his three UD degrees in 2003, will give the alumni talk at 10.30 a.m. 

While at UD, Townsend, who was in the Honors Program, pursued bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics, and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and biology. 

He also won the prestigious Truman Scholarship, awarded nationally to students with demonstrated leadership potential and a commitment to public service. 

Now the senator for Delaware’s 11th District, Townsend went on from UD to complete a graduate degree in Chinese at Cambridge University and a law degree from Yale. 

The event is free and open to all.