UROP Opportunities for students tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012-01-18:/munro001/myblog//15519 2013-02-11T20:56:28Z A site for U of MN faculty members to post research projects for potential UROP applicants. Project descriptions should be brief and include requirements for applicants. Movable Type Enterprise 4.31-en Field Work in Ecology and Epidemiology - UROP Summer Opportunity tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/munro001/myblog//15519.385034 2013-02-11T20:53:06Z 2013-02-11T20:56:28Z Contact: Katey Pelican, pelicank@umn.edu Ecosystem Health Initiative, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, CVM Research description: Our research group takes broad interdisciplinary approach to understanding the ecology of diseases that affect wildlife, domestic animal, and human populations. One of the pressing... munro001 Contact: Katey Pelican, pelicank@umn.edu
Ecosystem Health Initiative, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, CVM

Research description:
Our research group takes broad interdisciplinary approach to understanding the ecology of diseases that affect wildlife, domestic animal, and human populations. One of the pressing challenges in disease ecology is understanding how infections are spread between individuals, and how the risk of disease spread might be impacted by
variation in the landscape. So we have designed studies to find out how differences in forest habitat alter the small mammal community, and how in turn these differences in community structure shape contact rates between animals and potential for disease spread across varied landscapes.

Summer UROP opportunity:
You can be a part of our research at the (lovely, famous, and conveniently close-by) Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. The summer field work will include four weeks (1 week each in May, June, July, August) of small mammal trapping. We will mark, release, and recapture animals to estimate the abundance and diversity of small
mammals in different forest habitats. We will also collect several samples for disease screening and genetic analysis. After samples are collected and data entered, student participants will have several options to shape their involvement in the analytical stages of the research. Student projects could focus on either the ecological or epidemiological aspects of the research.

Skills you should have:
You should be organized and able to coordinate multiple tasks
You should be physically able and willing to work outdoors, hot or inclement weather possible
You should have basic data collection / entry skills (data sheets, excel spreadsheets)

Skills you could learn:
Trapping and handling small mammals
Using mark-recapture methods to estimate populations
Using GIS to map habitat variations
Collecting basic epidemiological data to monitor population health

]]> The Legacy of Joanne Bubolz Eicher tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/munro001/myblog//15519.382822 2013-01-23T16:54:06Z 2013-01-23T17:00:19Z A legacy refers to something handed down from one person to another. Through her teaching, advising, research, publications, and other academic activities, Eicher has had tremendous effect on students, colleagues, and the field of textiles and clothing, especially the socio-cultural... munro001 A legacy refers to something handed down from one person to another. Through her teaching, advising, research, publications, and other academic activities, Eicher has had tremendous effect on students, colleagues, and the field of textiles and clothing, especially the socio-cultural significance of dress and textiles.

The purpose of this project is to determine the influence which she has had on her graduate students' intellectual and professional lives. Information will be obtained from her students through he design of an on-line interview and analysis of the responses. This is a qualitative method of inquiry.

In addition to satisfying the criteria for a UROP project, the outcomes of this project will be: 1) a proposal to the International textiles and Apparel Association for recognition of an outstanding undergraduate research paper (report), and 2) inclusion in a book-in-process titled "Through the Lens of a Scholar: An Intellectual Biography of Joanne Bubolz Eicher."

Contact: Gloria Williams, gwilliam@umn.edu

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