Research Integrating Molecular and Environmental Science (RIMES) Program

布鲁斯杰克逊博士创建了研究整合分子和环境科学（RIMES）计划，以解决吸引和留住少数民族进入现场科学的极差记录。十年来，该计划成功地引导非传统学者进入STEM职业，特别是在领域科学。该RIMES计划提供了非传统的本科学者从马萨诸塞州（UMASS），少数民族服务机构和社区学院全国各地的蒙特塞拉特火山加勒比岛（英属小安的列斯群岛）罕见，刺激和广泛的研究经验的大学。蒙特塞拉特独特的地质记录为环境压力，恢复和物种适应的跨学科研究提供了机会，并为代表性不足的学生提供了迷人的研究经验，促进了热情参与并提高了他们的职业选择将落入这些学科的机会。参加该方案的大学生学者连续两年与杰克逊博士领导的国际科学家联合会进行高度跨学科的研究，研究蒙特塞拉特的环境影响？这座活火山对岛上的陆地、水生和海洋生态系统都有很大影响。非常重要的是，RIMES计划还积极影响了历史上黑人学院和大学以及社区学院教师的科学生涯，以及各自机构的研究实力。RIMES计划还提供了广泛的研究经验，很少提供给两年制大学的学者。RIMES学者还得到了一个包容的指导计划的支持，该计划不断监测和维持他们的学术努力，并整合他们的研究和学术活动。RIMES计划的留存率为90%。RIMES模式已经证明，它有能力增加代表性不足的群体在实地科学中的参与。RIMES学者和他们的教师导师共同努力，调查火山活动对蒙特塞拉特生态系统的影响，并为多个科学学科和岛屿做出重大的智力贡献。RIMES计划已经取得了很大的成功，是一个经过验证的，高度可复制的模式，激发了非传统学者对实地科学的兴趣。RIMES方案通过出版物、会议、研讨会、ReefCheck®和方案网站（http：//www.uml.edu/rimes/）向全球科学界和非专业界传播其调查结果。2008年，在富布赖特奖学金的资助下，杰克逊博士致力于在葡萄牙天主教大学波尔图复制他成功的指导模式，并将该机构纳入RIMES联盟。

Dr. Bruce Jackson created the Research Integrating Molecular and Environmental Sciences (RIMES) Program to address the exceedingly poor record of attracting and retaining ethnic minorities into the field sciences. For ten years the program has successfully guided nontraditional scholars into STEM careers particularly in the field sciences. The RIMES Program provides nontraditional undergraduate scholars from the University of Massachusetts (UMASS), minority serving institutions, and community colleges nationwide with rare, stimulating and extensive research experiences on the volcanic Caribbean island of Montserrat (British Lesser Antilles). The unique geological records of Montserrat provide opportunities for interdisciplinary research on environmental stress, restoration and species adaptation, and form the backdrop for captivating research experiences for underrepresented students that foster enthusiastic participation and elevate the chances that their career choices will fall within these disciplines. Undergraduate scholars in the RIMES Program conduct two consecutive years of highly interdisciplinary research with an international consortium of scientists, headed by Dr. Jackson, studying the environmental impact of Montserrat?s active Souiffre Hills volcano on the terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems of that island. Of great importance, the RIMES Program also positively impacts the scientific careers of faculty from historically black colleges and universities and community colleges as well as the research prowess of their respective institutions. The RIMES Program also provides extensive research experiences seldom afforded to scholars from two-year colleges. RIMES scholars are also supported by an enveloping mentoring program that constantly monitors and sustains their academic endeavors and integrates their research and scholastic activities. The RIMES Program has a retention rate of ninety percent. The RIMES model has demonstrated its ability to increase participation by underrepresented groups in the field sciences. RIMES Scholars and their faculty mentors work together to investigate the impact of volcanic activity on the ecosystem of Montserrat and make a significant intellectual contribution to multiple scientific disciplines and the island. The RIMES Program has demonstrated high success and is a proven, highly replicable model that stimulates the interest of nontraditional scholars for the field sciences. The RIMES Program disseminates its findings to the global scientific and lay communities via publications; conferences, seminars, ReefCheck®, and the program web site (http://www.uml.edu/rimes/). In 2008 under a Fulbright Scholarship, Dr. Jackson worked to replicate his successful mentoring Model at the Catholic University of Portugal, Porto and bring that institution into the RIMES consortium.