URM: Undergraduate Nurturing Opportunities (UNO) in the Biological Sciences in the Southwestern U.S.

新墨西哥大学的URM项目，被称为本科培养机会（UNO），将招收学生，并为他们的研究生学习和研究生涯做好准备。所有学生将与来自西南生物博物馆，塞维利亚塔长期生态研究（LTER）网站和生物系的任何教师导师进行长达3年的深入研究。该计划将针对二年级学生，特别是高素质的少数族裔学生。学生将从新墨西哥大学、戴恩学院、新墨西哥中部社区学院、西南印度理工学院（SIPI）和西南附近的其他机构招募。该计划将采用多层次的指导方法，涉及不同学术阶段的学生，包括那些成功过渡到研究生院的学生。除了教师导师之外，该项目还将包括一名轮换的研究生导师和一名来自该大学荣誉项目的同伴导师。联合国大学项目将直接增加少数民族学生在高级研究生培训和研究事业中的多样性和参与程度。该项目将加强新墨西哥大学与预计参与者来自的地区学院的伙伴关系。UNO还包括研讨会和其他提高学生能力的活动。学生将写一篇研究论文，并在会议上展示结果。此外，从项目的第一天起，UNO的参与者将包括他们的家人和朋友，从而扩大学生支持网络。该计划的一个间接结果是招收了许多本来不会考虑上大学的人。预计该项目将提高学生的毕业率和职业道路选择。更多信息请访问http://www.msb.unm.edu/。

The University of New Mexico's URM program, called Undergraduate Nurturing Opportunities (UNO), will recruit students and prepare them for graduate study and a career in research. All students will have up to 3 years of intensive research with any of faculty mentors from the Museum of Southwestern Biology, the Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site, and the Biology Department. The Program will target sophomores, especially highly qualified underrepresented minority students. Students will be recruited from UNM, Dine College, Central New Mexico Community College, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) and other nearby institutions in the Southwest. The Program will use a multi-level mentoring approach, involving students at various academic stages, including those who have successful transitioned to graduate school. In addition to Faculty Mentors, the program will include a rotating Graduate Mentor and a Peer Mentor from the university's Honors Program. The UNO project will directly increase diversity and the level of participation by underrepresented minority students in advanced graduate training and research careers. The project will strengthen UNM's partnerships with the regional colleges from which participants are expected to come. UNO also includes seminars and other student enhancement activities. Students will write a research paper and present the results in a conference. In addition, UNO participants will include their families and friends from the first day in the program, thereby extending the network of student support. An indirect outcome from the program will be to recruit many who would have otherwise not considered university study. It is expected that the program will increase graduation rates and professional life-path choices for the students. More information can be found at http://www.msb.unm.edu/.