Renovation of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Research Facility

东密歇根大学（EMU）生物系在研究和研究培训方面正在迅速扩张。这一激增的研究在很大程度上归功于六名教员和他们的学生在植物生态学、昆虫生态学和生殖行为以及鱼类生态学和系统发育领域的活动。调查研究是在一个有92年历史的温室和哈弗大楼的指定设施中进行的。温室早已超出了它的功能用途，自1940年建筑建成以来，涉及鱼类研究的生态研究空间一直没有翻新。由于欧洲货币联盟没有其他设施来维持植物或鱼类，研究受到严重限制，现有项目的关键实验不可行，植物学和生态学课程的研究活动受到阻碍。ARI项目的资金将用于将温室和水族室替换成一个单一的结构。陆地和水生联合设施将包括三个独立的房间，用于维持特定的温室条件，一个陆地生态实验室和一个水生生态实验室。翻新后的设施将提高研究项目的质量，并显著加强生物系的整体课程，该课程旨在包括植物学，动物学和生态学的众多课程的研究组成部分。由于有能力在校园内完成研究项目，而不是在其他地方租用温室空间或在遥远的野外工作，教师将能够为学生提供更多的培训机会。最终，这些变化将提高申请该部门的质量和数量，无论是本科生还是研究生，并将提高欧洲经济研究大学吸引和留住高素质教师的能力。

The Biology Department at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is undergoing a rapid expansion in research and research training. Much of this surge in research is attributed to the activity of six faculty members and their students in the areas of plant ecology, insect ecology and reproductive behavior, and the ecology and phylogeny of fishes. Investigative studies are performed in a 92 year-old greenhouse and designated facilities in the Hover Building. The greenhouse has long outlived its functional usefulness, and research space for ecological studies involving fish research has not been renovated since the building was constructed in 1940. Because no other facilities exist at EMU for maintaining either plants or fish, research has been severely restricted, critical experiments in existing projects are not feasible, and research activities undertaken in botanical and ecological courses have been hampered. Funding from the ARI Program will be used to replace greenhouse and aquarium rooms into a single structure. The combined terrestrial and aquatic facility will include three separate rooms for maintaining specific greenhouse conditions, a terrestrial ecology laboratory and an aquatic ecology laboratory. The renovated facility will improve the quality of research programs and significantly strengthen the Biology Department's overall curriculum that is designed to include a research component in numerous courses in botany, zoology and ecology. With the ability to complete research projects on campus, rather than work in rented greenhouse space elsewhere, or in distant field locations, faculty will be available to provide more training opportunities for students. Eventually, these changes will increase the quality and number of applicants to the Department, both as undergraduates and graduates, and will enhance EMU's ability to attract and retain quality faculty.