The Warren Lab is dedicated to scientific outreach at many levels. We provide research opportunities for high school and undergraduate students through multiple programs, visit local elementary schools to talk about our urban bird research, collaborate with Neighborhood NestWatch in Springfield on citizen science projects, and are currently launching a basic entomology blog, bittybugs.

Pre-College

Girls Inc. of Holyoke Eureka! Intern Program
Intern collected, identified, and sorted bugs from suburban forests
Program Website: www.girlsincholyoke.org/what-we-do
Summer 2015 – 1 student

UMass Amherst Summer Pre-College Program
Interns monitored songbird nests, collected bugs from forest habitats using basic entomology techniques, and performed analyses of bird nest predators in suburban forests
Program Website: www.umass.edu/summer/precollege.html
Summer 2016 – 2 students; Summer 2015 – 1 student

Undergraduate

UMass College of Natural Sciences’ First-Year Research Experience
Program Website: www.cns.umass.edu/students/first-year-students
Spring 2016 – 1 student: Food availability of leaf litter dwelling invertebrates for birds
Fall 2014 – 2 students: Provisioning rates of nesting songbirds in suburban habitats

UMass STEM Ambassador Program
Summer intern found and monitored bird nests, including placement of nest cameras
Fall interns collected small mammal fur samples with hair snares and camera traps for dietary analysis using stable isotopes
Program Website: stemambassadorprogram.org
Summer 2015 – 1 student; Fall 2015 – 2 students