The internet provides one of the most versatile and cost effective means of
disseminating information about our activities to merge research and
education. Our efforts included the expansion of four existing internet sites.
Student.Biology
An innovative showcase of student research, this site offers undergraduates the chance to detail their laboratory experiences while developing a new medium of scientific communication. Efforts for 1998 included several award-winning student projects which were produced and edited by RAIRE staff. http://student.biology.arizona.edu
Chemicals and Human Health
A collaboration between The Biology Project and the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, this project allows students to review the basics of lung anatomy and analyze scientific data to learn how second-hand smoke affects human health.
Expansion this year included a fully developed tutorial on toxic metals and how they effect the kidneys.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh
The Undergraduate Biology Research Program
User surveys and online readability research contributed to a dramatic redesign of the UBRP program's online version of their monthly newsletter, The UBRP
Gazette. http://www.blc.arizona.edu/ubrp/gazette
The annual UBRP research conference was also given a new look, this time with a RAIRE-funded commemorative poster, celebrating ten years of undergraduate excellence in research.
http://www.blc.arizona.edu/ubrp/conference99
Research Exchange Program
Biomedical Research Abroad: Vistas Open!
Since 1992, this
international arm of UBRP has enabled UA students to do research in foreign
laboratories. Until we received the RAIRE grant, however, resources were
not available to bring our foreign mentors' students to UA to do research.
The RAIRE award has made BRAVO a true "exchange" program by supporting
selected foreign graduate students in three month research visits on our
campus.
An innovative showcase of student research, this site offers undergraduates the chance to detail 
their laboratory experiences while developing a new medium of scientific communication. Efforts for 1998 
included several award-winning student projects which were produced and edited by RAIRE staff.
A collaboration between The Biology Project and the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, this project allows students to review the basics of lung anatomy and analyze scientific data to learn how second-hand smoke affects human health. 
User surveys and online readability research contributed to a dramatic redesign of the UBRP program's online version of their monthly newsletter, The UBRP
Gazette. 
we received the RAIRE grant, however, resources were
not available to bring our foreign mentors' students to UA to do research.
The RAIRE award has made BRAVO a true "exchange" program by supporting
selected foreign graduate students in three month research visits on our
campus.
