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Sept 26: Flip the Fair 2024

September 26: Join us for Flip the Fair 2024! Flip the Fair is a flipped science fair where graduate students present their research science-fair-style on tri-fold poster boards, and 5th graders judge them. Prizes awarded to the best presenters!

This year’s event will be held at the Melrose Branch of the Roanoke Public Library on Sept. 26 from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Sign up here.

Want to participate but don’t have time to do a poster? Sign up to volunteer at the event instead. Complete the volunteer form here

This event is sponsored by the Roanoke Public Libraries and Roanoke City Public Schools; Virginia Tech sponsors include Virginia Tech sponsors include the Global Change Center, Center for Communicating Science, Office of Inclusion and Diversity, Graduate School, College of Science, Fralin Life Sciences Institute, and Virginia Tech Carilion’s Student Outreach Program and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute.

Questions? Contact the organizing team:

  • Gates Palissery: gatespalissery@vt.edu
  • Amanda Hensley: amandaah@vt.edu
  • Megan Evans: megane97@vt.edu