T29 In Our Own Backyards: Undergraduate Research in a Local Context (Posters)
IT'S HAPPENING IN BUFFALO BACKYARDS: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Paper number: T29-12
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Abstract
Undergraduate research with a local context can provide both traditional and non-traditional students with opportunities to address relevant, community-based geological and environmental problems. This poster will summarize some of the local research projects undertaken by Buffalo State students over the past ten years, including a summer interdisciplinary research program focusing on Buffalo's environmental history and funded by the NCUR/Lancy Initiative. Strategies for selecting appropriate projects, identifying and taking advantage of regional resources, and supporting students in interdisciplinary local environmental research projects will be presented.