A graduate research journal titled "Amalgam: The Virginia Interdisciplinary Review" was launched earlier this year by third-year graduate Engineering student Christopher Taylor. The first issue is expected to be available for public consumption in spring 2005.
Taylor said he developed the idea in order to increase graduate student awareness of the research taking place in their fields of study, as well as in other fields.
"The objective is to get students to see opportunities for collaboration," he said. "Undergraduates have 'The Oculus' but graduate students are usually only focused on their own projects -- they don't benefit from that link."
Funding was provided by the graduate student council of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, a grant from Peter Brunjes, the graduate arts and sciences dean and Ariel Gomez, the vice president for research and graduate studies.
The journal is open to all graduate students across campus and is unrestricted by the subject matter of the entries.
"We would like to put all subject matter side by side," Taylor said. "We accept from all people."
Taylor has already assembled a group of officers for "Amalgam," although there are still open spots for responsibility positions.
--Compiled by Juliana Schroeder
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