Undergraduate Activities:

2008 Cohort (L-R: Monica Tellez, April Tafoya, Carmela Carrasco, David Garcia, Theresa Hyde (Graduate Student Coordinator) Ashley Montoya, Ashley Reid, David Banks-Richardson).

Undergraduate Opportunities (UnO) in research at the University of New Mexico has a  goal in this 5-year program to recruit and prepare for graduate study and research careers at least 20 undergraduate students (5 cohorts of 6 students (as many as 12 students per year when cohorts overlap).  All students will have 1-3 years of preparation and concentrated research with faculty mentors based in the Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB), Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER), Biology Department and University Honors Program.

MSB has a stong tradition of undergraduate mentoring:

Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology

Mammalogy Class field trips