Best Presentations for NEDxStudents 2025 Research Forum

NEDtalks is a bi-annual event hosted by the Ned McWherter Library where UofM faculty, instructors, and students share recent research in clear and engaging short-form presentations to a nontechnical audience in the spirit of TED Talks. The fall event, NEDtalks, is dedicated to UofM faculty and instructors. The spring event, NEDxStudents, is dedicated to UofM students. The Libraries partner with the Helen Hardin Honors College and the Graduate School for NEDxStudents to present, and a panel of judges selects the best presentation of each day, awarding a monetary prize.

For both NEDtalks and NEDxStudents, speakers present their research, clearly and engagingly, in no more than 13 minutes. These presentations are intended to celebrate research, hone participants' communication skills, and disseminate research to the public (audience members who are not experts in the fields being presented).

The spring 2026 date has not been set.

 

Past NEDtalks Videos

Past talks are available on the University Libraries YouTube channel.

 

Past NEDtalks and NEDxStudents Events

• NEDxStudents: Undergrads & Grads - March 26 & 27, 2025
• NEDtalks:  UofM Faculty & Instructors - October 23 & 24, 2024
• NEDxStudents:  Undergrads & Grads - March 13 &14, 2024
• NEDtalks:  UofM Faculty & Instructors - November 1 & 2, 2023
• NEDxStudents:  Undergrads & Grads - April 5 & 6, 2023
• NEDtalks:  UofM Faculty & Instructors - November 9 & 10, 2022
• NEDtalks:  UofM Faculty & Instructors - November 13 & 14, 2019
• NEDtalks:  UofM Faculty & Instructors - April 17 & 18, 2019
• NEDxStudents:  Undergrads & Grads - November 7 & 8, 2018
• NEDtalks:  Social Justice - February 21 & 22, 2018
• NEDxStudents:  Undergrads & Grads - November 8 & 9, 2017
• NEDtalks:  UofM Faculty & Instructors - April 19 & 20, 2017