Human-Accelerated Environmental Change: Request for Support of a Joint Graduate Program in Environmental Biology

9355117分数我们为康奈尔大学和生态系统研究所之间的一个联合研究生项目寻求支持，生态系统研究所是一个不授予学位的机构。该计划的重点是“人类加速的环境变化”。我们的项目将使博士生接触到人类加速的环境变化问题及其潜在的解决方案，并鼓励跨学科合作研究，同时保持在生态研究方面强有力的、灵活的培训。我们将通过传统项目和新项目的结合来实现这些目标，包括课程和研讨会、环境管理机构的学徒培训以及年度长期监测活动。此外，该项目的学生将接触到生态研究的政策和管理方面的影响。将鼓励学生研究环境变化的“大问题”，但规模要适合博士研究。该计划将在一个支持性的氛围中创造一个由聪明、关心的学生组成的社区，在其中进行关于重要环境问题的论文研究。通过正规化和扩大康奈尔大学和生态系统研究所之间的善意和许多现有的互动，拟议的联合安排为一批新的研究生提供了一个在全国重要的科学领域工作的特殊机会。***

9355117 Marks We seek support for a consortial graduate program between Cornell University and the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, a nondegree-granting institution. The focus of the program is "human-accelerated environmental change." Our program will expose doctoral students to problems of human-accelerated environmental change and their potential solutions, and encourage cross- disciplinary collaborative research while retaining strong, flexible training in ecological research. We will accomplish these goals through a mix of traditional and novel programs, including coursework and seminars, apprenticeships with environmental management agencies, and an annual long-term monitoring exercise. In addition, students in the program will be exposed to the policy and management implications of ecological research. Students will be encouraged to work on the "big problems" of environmental change, but at scales suitable for doctoral research. The program will create a community of bright, concerned students in a supportive atmosphere in which to pursue thesis research on important environmental question. By both formalizing and expanding on the goodwill and the many existing interactions between Cornell and the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, the proposed consortial arrangement offers an exceptional opportunity for a new group of graduate students to work in a nationally important area of science. ***