#  2023 3MT: Three Minute Thesis  

 



## **Videos from the 2023 3-Minute Thesis Competition**

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. While the original competition was for graduate students, a number of colleges are now sponsoring undergraduate competitions. The Writing Center sponsored Harvard's first undergraduate Three-Minute Thesis competition in April 2019. 3MT offers seniors the opportunity to create an accessible and interesting presentation of their senior thesis research for an audience of non-specialists. All finalists were offered the opportunity to work with a writing tutor and a public speaking tutor to craft their final presentations.

If you are a senior interested in entering this year's 3MT, you can [find information on this page.](https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/thesis-competition)



 

##  First Prize 

Meera Nair (MCB): ""M2 Macrophages: The Bodyguards of Metastasis." (video unavailable)



 

##  Second Prize 

Harrison Ngue (Biomedical Engineering): ""Beating Cancer Twice: Understanding How "Sleeping" Cancer Cells Become Resistant to Chemotherapy



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

###  Third Prize 

Nour Khachemoune, "Animals, Diet, and Societal Collapse at the Maya Site of Copán, Honduras"



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

##  Finalists 

 

Alison Chen (Philosophy/History) "Where Mind Meets Body: Descartes on Knowledge in Everyday Life"



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

Yousuf Amiel Bakshi (Government): "Block to the Future: Understanding Why Certain Countries Use Blockchain for e-Government"



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

Henry Cerbone (Ontology of Autonomous Systems): "Running on Water: A Multi-Disciplinary Look at Basilisk Lizards"



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

Nikhil Dharmaraj (History and Literature/Comp Sci): "System Update: Historicizing Facial Recognition Technology in Hindutva India"



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

Laura Murphy (English): "The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Fiction, Journalism, and Personal Journals of the Plague"



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

Jeromel Dela Rosa Lara (Social Anthropology/Comparative Religion): "Smugglers of Faith": The Enduring Presence of Filipina Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East"



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

Isha Puri (Applied Mathematics): "Shifting Paradigms of AI Explainability and Reasoning"



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

Sam Saba (NELC/Government): "Digitalization & Divide: Global Divides in the Digital Age"



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

Aristotle Vainikos (Government): "Thinking Outside the Disciplinary Box: The Role of Designers in Military Technology Innovation"



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

Michael Wallace (History): "How the National Park Service Created Environmentalism"



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

Zoe Weiss (Molecular and Cellular Biology): "RNA in a Haystack"