UBM-Group: Integrated Undergraduate Training in Mathematics and Life Sciences at NCSU

北卡罗莱纳州立大学（NCSU）数学和生命科学综合本科培训的目标是吸引和培养数学和生命科学的本科生，在数学和生命科学之间的界面从事学术和非学术职业。伽利略认为自然规律是数学的。今天，大约40年后，生命科学前沿的前沿研究变得更加依赖于数学、计算和统计方法。提议的UBM计划采用多方面的方法来培养下一代数学家和科学家，以满足21世纪整体的，多学科的研究问题。该项目从事前沿的、重要的、跨学科的研究；成功、完善的课程和支持计划；以及令人兴奋的，新颖的，新的倡议。它的目标是为学生在数学和生命科学方面提供一个全面的，具有挑战性的，但支持性的学术环境，旨在确保他们的成功。NCSU UBM团队是真正的跨学科团队，成员包括数学、生物数学、统计学、生物学、化学、兽医学和医学。这种专业领域的强大组合为生命科学和数学本科生提供了真正独特的跨学科教育体验。提议的UBM计划的结果将为入门数学和科学教育的系统制度变革提供一个工具。由于项目领导包括校园现有学术单位的主要成员，因此该项目将从现有结构内部实施这些改革。该项目将为许多NCSU学生提供重要的专业发展课程，并将从目前在数学和生命科学领域代表性不足的许多群体中招收不同的学生。

The goal of the Integrated Undergraduate Training in Mathematics and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University (NCSU) is to attract and train undergraduates in mathematics and life sciences for academic and nonacademic careers at the interface between mathematics and the life sciences. Galileo argued that the laws of nature are mathematical. Today, some 40 decades later, cutting edge research at the forefront of life sciences has become more dependent on mathematical, computational, and statistical methodologies. The proposed UBM program uses a multi-faceted approach to prepare next generation of mathematicians and scientists that will meet the holistic, multi-disciplinary research problems of the 21st century. The program engages in cutting edge, significant, cross-disciplinary research; successful, well established curricular and support programs; as well as exciting, novel, new initiatives. Its aim is to provide a comprehensive, challenging, yet supportive academic environment for students in mathematical and life sciences designed to ensure their success. The NCSU UBM team is truly interdisciplinary, with members in mathematics, biomathematics, statistics, biology, chemistry, veterinary medicine and medicine. This powerful combination of areas of expertise offers a truly unique cross-disciplinary educational experience for undergraduates in life sciences and mathematics. The results of the proposed UBM program will provide a vehicle for systemic institutional change in introductory mathematics and science education. Since project leadership includes key members of existing academic units on campus, the project is set to implement these reforms from inside of existing structures. The program will provide important professional development courses for many NCSU students and will recruit diverse students from many groups that are currently under-represented in mathematics and the life sciences.