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    Exploring multiple approaches to engage underrepresented students in research with natural history collections.
    The iDigBio team has leveraged natural history collections in a 3-pronged approach designed to engage undergraduates from underrepresented groups in collections-based research.

    Keywords: idigbionatural historynatural history museumsnatural history collectionsunderrepresented students

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    Best Practices and Recommendations for Designing Activities for Highlighting Diverse Scientists Through Quantitative Skill Development
    Poster on best practices to guide the design of quantitative skill-based learning activities that help create an inclusive environment. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: quantitative skillsinclusive learning designscientist spotlights2021 BIOMEscientific worldviews

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    Factor Structure Assessment of the Students Support Needs Scale-Augmented for African-American STEM Students
    Poster on the impact of a performance pyramid-based peer-led learning community on course knowledge at a Historically Black University. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: modelingSTEM education2021 BIOMEfactor structure

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    UNVEIL-ing Framework to Summer Research Experiences
    Undergraduate research opportunities help foster a science identity and increase retention in STEM majors and transition into the STEM workforce. Moreover, these opportunities have stronger results...
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    Expanding the pipeline: Engaging urban secondary school and college students in science and the environment
    This speed talk will describe three education projects that engage urban minority students in science and the environment.
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    Encouraging student collaboration and networking and improving student access to undergraduate research opportunities.
    We describe, as a case study, work done by two undergraduate students on a specific enzyme in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila.

    Keywords: undergraduate researchstudent researchenzymes

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    1-100-EngineeringDemographics-ModelingScenario
    Students show how models can be used to examine social issues. The students examine three different models and use numerical methods to apply each model to demographic data for the percentage of...

    Keywords: logisticpopulationImproved Euler MethodGompertzdemographicswomenautonomous

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    Genome Hunters: A Quantitative Biology Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE)
    Poster outlining the process of designing, implementing, and assessing a new quantitative biology CURE course series. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: quantitative biologycourse-based undergraduate research experienceCURE2021 BIOME

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    CURESUB Lecture 5 - OMICS
    s assistant professor in the department of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Manisha Bajpai, PhD., led the Gastroenterology division’s clinical and translational research...
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    Scientific Literacy Re-visioned Workshop at NABT 2023
    This material was part of the “Scientific Literacy Re-visioned” presentation at the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) 2023 Conference in Baltimore MD. In this workshop participants...

    Keywords: Liberal Art of Science

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    UNIDE - The Undergraduate Network for Increasing Diversity of Ecologists (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    We aim to build a sustainable network of ecologists, educators, social scientists, and students who are committed to identifying and remedying cultural and social barriers that reduce human...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Film as a Powerful Tool for Increasing Awareness of the Importance of Belonging in STEM
    People of color in STEM fields can face a variety of challenges with belonging due to structural, cultural, psychological, and institutional barriers. The professional development sessions...

    Keywords: steminclusionfilmbelonging

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    Designing an Asynchronous, Self-Led Aquatic Ecology Field Trip
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing need to teach students online, aquatic scientists are looking for ways to give students field experiences virtually. Asynchronous, self-led field trips...

    Keywords: observationecosystem structureexploration

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    REC Network - Deepening and Expanding the Mission and Outcomes of the Re-Envisioning Culture Network (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    The Re-Envisioning Culture Network (REC Network) is a group of diverse individuals across institutions of higher education, STEM careers, K-12 education, Black cultural spaces, the arts, and the...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    ICABL: An Inclusive Community for the Assessment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) Learning (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    ICABL is an inclusive and collaborative community that supports the professional development of biochemistry and molecular biology scientist-educators committed to the enhancement of student...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    CONNECT Network - Community of Neighboring and National Entrepreneurial Centers and Trainees Network (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    Our goal is to establish a community of practice that invites entrepreneurs, scientists, educators, and students to share expectations, experiences, and best practices in the field of biosciences...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Introduction to Bionomia
    This module introduces students and instructors to Bionomia, a database that highlights the collectors and identifiers of natural history specimens. It aims to foster appreciation for these...

    Keywords: ORCIDidentitynatural history collectionscourse-based research experiences (CUREs)AttributionBCEENETRepresentationWikidatahidden figuresdata democratizationrestorative practicerestorative justiceBionomia

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    3d Naturalists - Bioblitzes, Citizen Science, and Undergraduate Learning (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    Citizen science and the associated new technological ability to crowdsource data may be the gateway for engaging the public in the science needed for the management, protection, and stewardship of...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Structuring Courses for Equity
    As instructors, we continually look for new ways to create equitable learning environments and support learning for all students in our courses. Recently, we have explored ways that we can increase...

    Keywords: Equitymetacognitioninclusivitycourse structure

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    Small is Beautiful: OER for Cultural Change in a STEM Institution
    This report serves as a resource for faculty, staff, and students interested in co-creating Open Education Resources (OERs). In particular, we embrace OERs as an invitation to co-create, revise, ...
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