18th Annual COGS Graduate Academic Conference (GAC)

Saturday, February 21, 2026 @ MSU Union

Register HERE to ATTEND!

The GAC is a forum for graduate students to gain experience communicating their research to a non-specialized audience. Our adjudicators are MSU Alums (many graduate school alums!)  with wide-ranging professional backgrounds who provide feedback that can help students fine tune their presentation skills.

The annual GAC is the result of hard work and planning by our all-graduate & professional student committee. Want to volunteer?  Send us an email to office@cogs.msu.edu.

As a presenter, you will benefit from constructive feedback that will help you learn to better communicate your research to generalized audiences as you progress in your research. You will also be able to network with your peers across disciplines as well as with your audience of judges and other interested professionals attending the conference! *Abstracts to present are now closed. 

As an attendee, you will be able to view the great work being done by student researchers as well as have access to workshops geared to help all graduate/professional students!

Attendees will be able to take part in all the GAC activities during the conference, including Panel discussion/workshop, keynote lunch, resource tables, professional head shots and more. Full schedule for the day’s activities will be posted soon.  Please visit COGS.MSU.EDU/GAC/ for details and updates.  And don’t forget to register!