UMEB: Diverse Approaches to Environmental Research

本课程旨在为环境生物学的本科生提供多方面的研究和教育经验。该项目将吸引大一和大二的学生在他们的学术生涯早期体验环境生物学。各种各样的环境生物学家将担任这些学生的导师。学生将获得从荷尔蒙对交配行为的控制到城市环境的生物地球化学的研究经验。这个项目的招募和保留工作将集中在通常在环境生物学中代表性不足的群体。预计参与者将包括拉丁裔、美国印第安人和非裔美国学生。该项目不仅包括教师对学生的悉心指导，还包括年纪较小的学生和年纪较大的学生的悉心指导。学生参与者的详细文件将用于评估和修改该计划，使其成为大学的永久特色。

A program is proposed to provide an multifaceted research and educational experience for undergraduate students in environmental biology. The program will attract freshman and sophomore students to experience environmental biology early in their academic careers. A diverse array of environmental biologists will serve as mentors for these students. Students will gain research experience in project ranging from hormonal control of mating behavior to the biogeochemistry of urban environments. Recruiting and retention efforts for this program will be focused on groups that are generally under represented in environmental biology. Participants are expected to include a mixture of Latino, American-Indian, and African-American students. The program will involve careful mentoring not only of students by faculty but by younger students by older students. Careful documentation of student participants will be used to assess and modify the program as a permanent university feature.