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

该REU网站奖授予位于纽约布鲁克林的纽约城市大学布鲁克林学院（CUNY），将在2022年至2024年的每个夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。布鲁克林城市生态与环境项目（BUEE）提供了一个综合性的研究项目，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，辅以严格的教育计划，旨在培养研究诚信、科学交流和定量素养方面的实践经验，并在更广泛的社区开展外展活动。我校毕业生已被全国一流大学的生态学、环境科学、可持续发展、城市规划等专业录取。预计在3年期间将培训30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体。通用的基于网络的评估工具（SALG URSSA）将用于确定REU计划的有效性。在项目完成后对学生进行纵向跟踪将提供关于REU在培养学生从事城市生态学和环境科学职业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了关于人类耦合自然系统的密集研究培训经验，这些学生不具备STEM研究机会。学生将从对环境科学和/或政策表现出热情和坚定兴趣的申请者中选出，并将由潜在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，以及牙买加湾科学和弹性研究所（SRIJB），专注于城市可持续性和弹性。过去的研究项目包括牡蛎恢复的实地研究、海景噪音对生殖行为的影响、城市水道的植物修复和城市花园土壤成分的分析。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.This。奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。

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.