Expansion of the Housing Facilities for Guest Researchers at The University of Oklahoma Biological Station

在Lawrence J.Weder博士的指导下，俄克拉荷马大学生物站(UOBS)获得了一笔赠款，用于建造一个三层住宅设施，以扩大和改善客座研究人员和学生的住宿条件。UOBS位于德克萨斯州和俄克拉何马州交界处的德克萨斯马湖北岸，这是一个占地约8.8万英亩的水库。UOBS的教师在水生(淡水)生态领域享有国内和国际声誉。自1949年UOBS成立以来，数千名客座研究人员、学生和会议参与者参观并在生物站停留了不同的时间。在其历史上，UOBS完成了近1100篇论文、150多篇论文和近1100个本科生研究项目。然而，UOBS的一个长期问题与长期客座研究人员(如休假来访者、博士后)和随行家属的住房设施不足有关。俄克拉何马州威利斯附近的UOBS将建造一个2800平方英尺、家具齐全的三层客座研究员住房设施。三套设备齐全的公寓中的每一套都将包括两间卧室、两个浴室、一个功能齐全的厨房和起居区/就餐区。(其中一个单元将是无障碍的。)这个三层公寓将建在最近购买的7.3英亩土地上，毗邻UOBS主校区。这个有三套公寓的单元将极大地增强UOBS接待长期客座研究员团队(每套公寓1-6人)或客座研究员和随行家庭成员的能力，并将补充现有的满足短期客人(即学生、会议参与者)需求的住宿设施。UOBS是美国中南部最大的野外站点之一，其教职员工常年从事与水生态相关的重要问题的研究，从外来物种入侵到水资源的生态系统研究。国内和国际公认的研究人员与UOBS的科学家合作。建造这样一个住房单元的好处将通过增加客座研究人员的使用来体现，使更多的研究人员能够访问UOBS周围地区的独特栖息地和特征，并解决与水生资源相关的一些关键生态和环境问题。随着研究人员基础的增加，空间站的其他项目，如现场本科生和研究生培训，以及公共教育项目(即K-12外联)将受益于UOBS知识/学术氛围的增强。

A grant has been awarded to the University of Oklahoma Biological Station (UOBS), under the direction of Dr. Lawrence J. Weider, to construct a triplex housing facility to expand and enhance housing accommodations for guest researchers and students. UOBS is located on the north-shore of Lake Texoma, an approximately 88,000 surface acre reservoir on the Oklahoma-Texas border. The UOBS faculty has both a national and international reputation in the field of aquatic (freshwater) ecology. Since the founding of UOBS in 1949, thousands of guest researchers, students, and conference participants have visited and stayed at the Biological Station for various lengths of time. Nearly 1100 publications, 150+ theses, and nearly 1100 undergraduate research projects have been completed at UOBS during its history. However, one long-term problem at UOBS, relates to the inadequate housing facilities for long-term guest researchers (e.g. sabbatical visitors, post-docs) and accompanying family members. A 2,800 square-foot, fully-furnished, triplex guest researcher housing facility will be constructed at UOBS near Willis, Oklahoma. Each of the three fully-furnished apartments will consist of two-bedrooms, two bathrooms, a fully-functioning kitchen and living/dining area. (One of the units will be handicapped-accessible.) The triplex unit will be constructed on a recently purchased 7.3 acre tract of land, adjacent to the main UOBS campus. This three-apartment unit will greatly enhance the ability of UOBS to host longer-term guest researcher teams (between 1-6 persons per apartment) or guest researchers and accompanying family members, and will complement present housing facilities that serve the needs of short-term guests (i.e. students, conference participants). UOBS is one of the largest field stations in the south-central U.S., and its year-round faculty/staff conduct research related to important issues in aquatic ecology ranging from exotic species invasions to ecosystem studies of water resources. Nationally and internationally-recognized researchers collaborate with UOBS scientists. The benefits from constructing such a housing unit will be seen via increased guest researcher use, allowing more researchers to access unique habitats and features of the region surrounding UOBS, and tackle some of the key ecological and environmental issues related to aquatic resources. With an increased researcher-base, other programs at the station such as on-site undergraduate and graduate training, as well as public education programs (i.e. K-12 outreach) will benefit from enhancement of the intellectual/scholarly climate at UOBS.