Enhancement of Research and Education Facilities at the University of Kansas Field Station

在Bryan Foster博士的指导下，堪萨斯大学野外站和生态保护区（KSR）获得了一笔赠款，用于在KSR建造一座多功能建筑和适度的游客住房。这座多功能建筑将在三个相互关联的领域改善KSR环境：1)研究，2)教育，以及3)健康和安全。拟议建筑中的研究空间将为居民和访问研究人员提供一个通用实验室、一个湿化学实验室和一个公共空间（图书馆、工作站档案/参考资料、计算机实验室）。这座多功能建筑将为科学家提供一个物理环境，以进行解决复杂环境问题的创新研究。这座多功能建筑还将为驻地和外地站的访问用户提供基本住宿。改进包括专用厨房区和充足的卫生间/淋浴间。两个小卧房将满足到访的科学家和学生日益增加的KSR住宿需求。总的来说，这些改进将提供灵活性，以适应广泛的当前和未来的用途，并通过提供安全和高效的工作环境来促进用户的福祉。KSR还支持一个积极的教学和推广计划。教学活动最近有所增加，新的多功能建筑将允许学生和游客团体在更合适的环境中参与教学项目。KSR的教育计划覆盖所有年龄段的学生（K-12短期课程，本科课程和个人研究经历[包括NSF本科生研究经历计划]，研究生研究和教育，以及公共研讨会）。KSR积极参与将未被充分代表的群体带入科学；特别是哈斯克尔印第安民族大学的师生越来越多地使用我们的设施。KSR还通过向该地区和全国的科学家提供研究设施和存档数据集来促进科学基础设施。这些科学家的研究成果通过科学文献以及公众宣传和互联网传播的新方法广泛传播。最后，KSR研究涉及许多社会关注的主题；例子包括入侵物种的传播、生态系统的恢复、转基因作物的风险评估以及农药对水生群落的影响。

A grant has been awarded to University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves (KSR) under the direction of Dr. Bryan Foster, to construct a multi-purpose building and modest visitor housing at KSR. The multi-purpose building will enhance the KSR environment in three inter-related areas: 1) research, 2) education, and 3) health and safety. Research space in the proposed building will provide a general-purpose laboratory, a laboratory for wet chemistry, and a commons space (library, station archives/reference materials, computer laboratory) for resident and visiting researchers. The multi-purpose building will provide a physical setting for scientists to undertake innovative research that addresses complex environmental issues. The multi-purpose building will also provide basic accommodations for resident and visiting users of the field station. Improvements include a dedicated kitchen area and ample restrooms/showers. Two small sleeping cabins will accommodate the demonstrated need for housing an ever-increasing use of KSR by visiting scientists and students. Collectively these improvements will provide flexibility to accommodate a wide range of current and future uses, and promote the wellbeing of users by providing a safe and efficient work environment. KSR also supports an active program of teaching and outreach. Teaching initiatives have grown recently and the new multi-purpose building will allow groups of students and visitors to engage in instructional programs in a more appropriate environment. Educational initiatives at KSR reach students of all ages (K-12 short courses, undergraduate classes and individual research experiences [including the NSF program Research Experiences for Undergraduates], graduate research and education, and public workshops). KSR is actively involved in bringing underrepresented groups into science; in particular, faculty and students at Haskell Indian Nations University increasingly use our facilities. KSR also promotes science infrastructure by providing research facilities and archived data sets to scientists both in the region and nationally. Research results produced by these scientists are broadly distributed through the scientific literature, and by novel approaches of public outreach and internet dissemination. Finally, KSR research addresses many topics of societal concern; examples include spread of invasive species, ecosystem restoration, risk assessment of transgenic crops, and pesticide effects on aquatic communities.