UBM-Institutional: Integrated Undergraduate Research Experiences in Biological and Mathematical Sciences

在生物学和数学计划的接口综合本科生研究经验旨在促进更广泛地获得生物学和数学的跨学科教育，重点是本科生研究，并加强跨学科生物学-数学教育的文化和学术基础。为了实现这些目标，它是1）通过为期两年的研究浸入式计划，包括积极的指导和合作学习的关键生物数学研究领域的定量生态学，环境卫生和淡水生物地球化学的原创性研究项目，支持四组八名本科生;以及2）开发新的课程组成部分，以促进灵活的本科生生物数学培训，包括定量生物学跨学科证书课程，以及数学专业内以研究为导向的生物数学专业。所选的研究主题，强调水生生态，是动态的和热门的兴趣，并密切配合的核心利益和参与教师的专业知识内的信件和科学学院和新成立的淡水科学学院。学生开始他们的研究沉浸与数学建模课程序列，并在其中他们学习越来越开放的生物研究问题，并学习相关的实验室技术并行研究研讨会。在第二年，在数学和生物学教师的联合指导下，队列调查关键研究主题内的研究问题。课程计划与研究沉浸紧密相连，以激励学生参与典型课堂内外的跨学科学习机会。此外，它为参与的学生提供反映这些跨学科技能的适当资格，并将在新兴生物数学课程的背景下得到认可。该课程计划还有助于确定，激励和培训未来的专业人员，这些专业人员具有与恢复和维护五大湖地区健康的国家利益高度相关的技能。UBM研究计划是建立在威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校（UWM）的试点生物数学本科研究计划的基础上，并作为一种模式，在UWM的跨学科教育中扩展和鼓励本科研究。该计划还加强了生物科学，数学科学和淡水科学学院之间的教学和研究合作，并支持整个机构的长期计划。研究成果正在以科学界以及非科学家和公共政策决策者都能查阅的格式发表。

The Integrated Undergraduate Research Experience at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics program aims to promote broader access to cross-disciplinary education in biology and mathematics with an emphasis on undergraduate research, and to strengthen the culture and academic foundation of interdisciplinary biology-mathematics education. To meet these goals it is 1) supporting four cohorts of eight undergraduate students through a two-year research immersion program involving active mentoring and collaborative learning on original research projects in the key biology-mathematics research areas of quantitative ecology, environmental health and freshwater biogeochemistry; and 2) developing new curricular components to facilitate flexible undergraduate biology-mathematics training, including both an interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Quantitative Biology, and a research-oriented biomathematics specialization within the Mathematics major. The selected research themes, which emphasize aquatic ecology, are dynamic and of topical interest, and closely match the core interests and expertise of participating faculty within the College of Letters and Science and the newly established School of Freshwater Sciences. Students begin their research immersion with a mathematical modeling course sequence, and a parallel research seminar in which they study increasingly open-ended biological research questions, and learn relevant laboratory techniques. In their second year, cohorts investigate research questions within the key research themes, under the joint mentoring of mathematics and biology faculty. The curricular program is strongly connected to the research immersion, in order to motivate student participation in interdisciplinary learning opportunities both inside and outside of the typical classroom. Further, it is providing participating students with appropriate qualifications that reflect these interdisciplinary skills, and which will be recognized in the context of emerging biomathematics programs. The curricular program also is serving to identify, motivate and train future professionals with a skill set that is highly relevant to national interests in restoring and maintaining the health of the Great Lakes region. The UBM research program is building on a pilot biology-mathematics undergraduate research program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), and serving as a model to extend and encourage undergraduate research within interdisciplinary education at UWM. The program is also strengthening teaching and research collaborations among the Departments of Biological Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and the School of Freshwater Sciences, as well as supporting the long term plans of the institution as a whole. Research outcomes are being published in formats accessible by the scientific community as well as by non-scientists and public-policy decision makers.