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

REU研究中心：布鲁克林城市生态与环境计划（BUEE）这个REU网站授予纽约布鲁克林的纽约城市大学布鲁克林学院，将支持每年10名学生在2018-2020年夏季进行为期10周的培训。BUEE提供了一个综合性的研究计划，旨在发展代表性不足的本科生成为成熟和有思想的环境科学家。人类耦合自然系统的真实研究经验将得到严格的教育计划的补充，旨在发展研究诚信，科学交流和定量素养的实践经验。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复原力研究所，专注于城市的可持续性和复原力。预计30名学生，主要来自城市生态和环境研究机会有限的学校，将在该计划期间接受培训。BUEE将从当地，地区和国家申请人谁表现出了热情和坚定的兴趣，以环境科学和/或政策的多元化池，并将在美国最大的城市中心为参与者提供独特的研究机会。社区外展是该方案的教育使命的核心，将包括旨在公众教育和同伴指导的活动，一系列侧重于当地社区环境问题的研讨会，以及社区代表参与对学生研究项目的评价和评估。所有REU研究中心项目使用的、由生物基础设施司资助的通用网络评估工具将用于确定BUEE培训项目的有效性。项目完成后对学生的纵向跟踪将提供有关REU为学生在城市生态学和环境科学方面的职业生涯做好准备的有效性的数据。学生将被要求通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。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）或共同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).