Research Integrating Molecular and Environmental Science (RIMES) Program

布鲁斯·杰克逊博士创建了分子与环境科学研究整合计划(RIMES)，以解决吸引和留住少数族裔进入田野科学领域的极其糟糕的记录。十年来，该计划成功地引导非传统学者进入STEM职业生涯，特别是在田野科学领域。Rimes计划为来自马萨诸塞大学、少数民族服务机构和全国社区大学的非传统本科生学者提供在加勒比海火山岛屿蒙特塞拉特(不列颠小安的列斯群岛)难得的、具有启发性的广泛研究经验。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，并为代表不足的学生提供了吸引人的研究经验的背景，这些研究经验培养了学生的热情参与，并提高了他们的职业选择属于这些学科的机会。RIMES计划的本科生学者与以杰克逊博士为首的国际科学家财团进行了连续两年的高度跨学科研究，研究蒙特塞拉特？S活火山对该岛陆地、水生和海洋生态系统的环境影响。非常重要的是，RIMES计划还对历史上黑人学院和大学以及社区学院的教师的科学职业生涯以及各自机构的研究能力产生了积极影响。Rimes项目还提供了两年制大学的学者难得的广泛的研究经验。RIMES学者还得到了一个包罗万象的指导计划的支持，该计划不断监测和支持他们的学术努力，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，它有能力增加在实地科学中代表性不足的群体的参与。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该岛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，它激发了非传统学者对实地科学的兴趣。RIMES计划通过出版物、会议、研讨会、ReefCheck®和计划网站(http://www.uml.edu/rimes/).)向全球科学界和非科学界传播其研究结果2008年，在富布赖特奖学金的资助下，杰克逊博士在葡萄牙波尔图天主教大学复制了他成功的导师模式，并将该机构纳入了Rimes财团。

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.