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

这个REU网站授予纽约布鲁克林的纽约（CUNY）布鲁克林学院，将支持10名学生在2022年至2024年每年夏季进行为期10周的培训。布鲁克林城市生态与环境计划（BUEE）提供了一个综合性的研究计划，旨在将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得到了严格的教育计划的补充，该计划旨在发展研究诚信，科学交流和定量素养方面的实践经验，以及更广泛的社区推广活动。BUEE计划的校友已被接受进入著名的生态学，环境科学，可持续发展和城市规划在全国顶尖大学的计划。预计将有30名学生在三年期间接受培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体。将使用一个共同的基于网络的评估工具（SALG URSSA）来确定REU计划的有效性。项目完成后对学生的纵向跟踪将提供有关REU在为学生在城市生态学和环境科学领域的职业生涯做准备方面的有效性的数据。BUEE针对来自学术机构的代表性不足的学生提供关于人类耦合自然系统的强化研究培训体验，这些学生在STEM研究机会方面装备不足。学生将从申请人谁表现出热情和承诺的兴趣，以环境科学和/或政策的多元化池中抽取，并将由潜在的导师在书面申请和面试的基础上进行评估。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牙买加湾科学与复原力研究所（SRIJB），专注于城市可持续性和复原力。过去的研究项目包括牡蛎恢复的实地研究，海景噪音对繁殖行为的影响，城市水道的植物修复，以及城市花园的土壤成分分析。鼓励学生与他们的导师合作，开发具有出版范围的独立研究项目。有关BUEE的更多信息，请访问http://buee.brooklyn.cuny.edu，或联系buee@brooklyn.cuny.edu。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This REU Site award to Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY) in Brooklyn, NY, will support the training of ten students for 10 weeks during each of summers 2022 thru 2024. The Brooklyn Urban Ecology and Environment Program (BUEE) offers an integrative research program aimed at developing undergraduate students into mature and thoughtful environmental scientists. Authentic research experiences on human-coupled natural systems are complemented by a rigorous educational program aimed at developing practical experience in research integrity, scientific communication and quantitative literacy, together with outreach activities in the broader community. Alumni of the BUEE program have been accepted into prestigious programs in ecology, environmental science, sustainable development and urban planning at top universities in the nation. It is anticipated that thirty students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from a underrepresented group, will be trained over the 3-year period. A common web-based assessment tool (SALG URSSA) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the REU 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.BUEE offers an intensive research training experience on human-coupled natural systems targeted at underrepresented students from academic institutions poorly equipped for research opportunities in STEM. Students will be drawn from a diverse pool of applicants who have demonstrated an enthusiastic and committed interest to environmental science and/or policy, and will be evaluated by potential mentors on the basis of a written application and interview. 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 Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay (SRIJB), focused on urban sustainability and resilience. Past research projects have included field research on oyster restoration, the impact of seascape noise on reproductive behavior, phytoremediation in urban waterways, and the analysis of soil composition in urban gardens. Students are encouraged to work with their mentors to develop independent research projects with scope for publication. More information about BUEE is available by visiting http://buee.brooklyn.cuny.edu, or by contacting buee@brooklyn.cuny.edu.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.