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September 12, 2000

• NSF announces solicitation for the Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB)

  "The intent of the UMEB activity is to provide support for talented undergraduate students to gain research experiences in biological sciences related to the environment and to foster an enriched and culturally diverse research and educational experience."

• Consider visiting the PEET: Broad Training in Crustacean Systematics: Monographic Research in the Leptostraca, Conchostraca, and Brachyura. web site. Todd Haney reports that this site is a "preliminary" site but they will now be making "considerable improvements" and they would like to make the information available.

• NSF announces (PEET): Special Competition in Systematic Biology (NSF 00-140).
• Be sure to check out the Integrated Taxonomic Information System,an "on-line, scientifically credible, list of biological names focusing on the biota of North America"

• The web site has undergone a major overhaul to improve usability and maintenance.

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