REU Site: Research Internships in Science of the Environment (RISE)

阿肯色州立大学环境科学(RISE)项目的研究实习为学生在环境科学的广泛学科保护伞下提供独特的跨学科研究体验。通过一个共同的研究现场，一个共同的研究目标集，以及将REU参与者纳入一个由两名REU参与者和两名教师导师组成的协作研究团队，该研究计划得到了统一。研究工作集中在农业土地利用与环境影响之间的关系，包括环境化学、污染物的去向和迁移、栖息地质量和生物多样性。在集中的野外地区贾德·希尔种植园进行的研究，以及实地和实验室的协作研究培训，为学生提供最先进的分析技术实践培训，同时提供从化学到生态学、地质学到社会科学等多个环境学科的培训。RISE是专门为代表不足的少数族裔学生提供综合研究和培训机会的。RISE特别鼓励正在崛起的二年级和三年级学生参与对研究感兴趣的生物、化学和/或社会科学。RISE包括一个伦理部分，其中包括关于环境正义、科学技术的社会层面和科学伦理等主题的研讨会。该计划以研讨会为特色，包括来自学术界、政府和私营部门的少数族裔科学家的客座讲座。RISE的学生在一个全国性的科学会议上展示他们的研究，并在暑假结束后由该项目提供指导。其目标是为年轻学者提供沉浸在科学实践中的机会，提供他们在本科生和研究生水平上茁壮成长和脱颖而出所需的试金石经验。欲了解更多信息和申请材料，请访问http://www.cas.astate.edu/rise或联系罗宾·汉尼根博士(Hannigan@astate.edu；

Research Internships in Science of the Environment (RISE) Program at Arkansas State University provides students a unique cross-disciplinary research experience under the broad disciplinary umbrella of Environmental Science. The research program is unified through a common research field site, a common set of research objectives, and the inclusion of REU participants in a collaborative research team comprised of two REU participants and two faculty mentors. Research efforts center on the relation between agricultural land-use and impact on the environment including environmental chemistry, contaminant fate and transport, habitat quality, and biodiversity. Research at a centralized field area, the Judd Hill Plantation, and collaborative research training in the field and laboratory provides students with hands-on training in state-of-the-art analytical technologies while providing training in a number of environmental disciplines ranging from chemistry to ecology to geology to social sciences. RISE is specifically designed to provide integrated research and training opportunities to under-represented minority students. RISE particularly encourages the participation of rising sophomore and junior students in biology, chemistry and/or social sciences interested in research. Included in RISE is an ethics component comprised of seminars on topics such as environmental justice, the social dimensions of science and technology, and ethics in science. The program features seminars that include guest lectures from minority scientists in academia, government, and the private sector. RISE students present their research at a national scientific meeting and are provided mentorship by the program after the summer has ended. The goal is to provide young scholars the opportunity to be immersed in the "doing" of science providing the touchstone experience they need to thrive and excel at the undergraduate and graduate level. More information and application materials can be found at http://www.cas.astate.edu/rise or by contacting Dr. Robyn Hannigan (hannigan@astate.edu; 870-680-4360 or 870-972-3269).