REU Site: Brooklyn Urban Ecology and Environment Program (BUEE)

REU站点：布鲁克林城市生态与环境计划（BUEE）该REU站点奖授予位于纽约布鲁克林的纽约城市大学布鲁克林学院，将在2018-2020年夏季期间每年培训10名学生，为期10周。BUEE提供了一个综合性的研究项目，旨在将未被充分代表的本科生培养成成熟而有思想的环境科学家。对人类耦合自然系统的真实研究经验将辅以严格的教育计划，旨在培养研究完整性、科学交流和定量素养方面的实践经验。BUEE利用布鲁克林学院/纽约市立大学独特的学术和研究资源，包括最先进的环境评估和水生研究中心，以及最近在牙买加湾成立的科学和弹性研究所，专注于城市的可持续性和弹性。预计在该方案期间将训练30名学生，主要来自在城市生态和环境方面研究机会有限的学校。BUEE将从对环境科学和/或政策表现出热情和坚定兴趣的当地、地区和国家申请者中选拔，并将为参与者提供在美国最大的城市中心进行独特研究的机会。社区外展是该计划教育使命的核心，将包括旨在开展公众教育和同伴指导的活动，以当地社区环境问题为重点的系列研讨会，以及社区代表参与学生研究项目的评估和评估。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU站点计划使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定BUEE培训计划的有效性。在项目完成后对学生进行纵向跟踪将提供关于REU在培养学生从事城市生态学和环境科学职业方面的有效性的数据。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统自动发送的电子邮件。有关BUEE的更多信息，请访问http://buee.brooklyn.cuny.edu，或联系PI （Tony Wilson博士- twilson@brooklyn.cuny.edu）或co-PI （Brett Branco博士- bbranco@brooklyn.cuny.edu）。

REU Site: Brooklyn Urban Ecology and Environment Program (BUEE)This REU Site award to Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in Brooklyn, NY will support the training of ten students per year for 10 weeks during the summers of 2018-2020. BUEE offers an integrative research program aimed at developing underrepresented undergraduate students into mature and thoughtful environmental scientists. Authentic research experiences on human-coupled natural systems will be complemented by a rigorous educational program aimed at developing practical experience in research integrity, scientific communication and quantitative literacy. BUEE leverages the unique academic and research resources at Brooklyn College/CUNY, including a state-of-the-art environmental assessment and aquatic research center and the recently-established Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, focused on urban sustainability and resilience. It is anticipated that thirty students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities in urban ecology and the environment, will be trained during the program. BUEE will draw from a diverse pool of local, regional, and national applicants who have demonstrated an enthusiastic and committed interest to environmental science and/or policy, and will provide participants with distinctive research opportunities in the largest urban center in the United States. Community outreach is central to the program's educational mission, and will include activities aimed at public education and peer mentoring, a seminar series focusing on environmental issues in the local community, and the involvement of community representatives in the evaluation and assessment of student research projects. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs and funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of BUEE's training program. Longitudinal tracking of students after program completion will provide data on the effectiveness of the REU in preparing students for careers in urban ecology and the environmental sciences. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about BUEE is available by visiting http://buee.brooklyn.cuny.edu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Tony Wilson - twilson@brooklyn.cuny.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Brett Branco - bbranco@brooklyn.cuny.edu).