Baker Residential Academic Program
General Information About the Program
The Baker Hall Residential Academic Program (B-RAP) is a program for incoming freshmen that allows them to take core courses in the physical sciences in small classes. It has long had an environmental focus.Involvement in Environmental Education and Research
We offer the intro ENVS1000 course and also offer seminar and service learning courses with an environmental emphasis.About 10 undergraduates are currently involved in Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) working with faculty members. About 100 students per semester take B-RAP classroom courses.
Researchers
Lisa Barlow - interests lie in understanding earth processes that impact humans, as well as human actions that impact the Earth System. Present research is on the influence of climate variability on human society in Greenland and Iceland over the last 1000 years.Betsy Forrest - investigates property and crop damages caused by severe storms in the Southeastern United States (US).
Carol Kearns - pollination biologist with a special interest in the reproductive biology and population genetics of montane and alpine plants. Current projects include work on Calypso orchids, and research on reproductive limitations on alpine plants of Niwot Ridge and bumblebee studies.
Dianna Oliveras - research focuses on sexual selection in two different organisms, radishes and the common fruitfly. Concentration on mating behavior and the consequences of mate choice on future generations of individuals of a population.
How to Learn More
For more information check out the B-RAP website: http://www.colorado.edu/WRAP/index.html. Or contact the program coordinator, Claire Figel at (303) 492-3188.Contact Information
Baker Residential Academic ProgramBaker Hall Room 200-a
UCB 176
Boulder, CO 80309
303-492-3188 (phone)
303-492-1365 (fax)
email: envprg@colorado.edu.
