Sam Donovan
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Carrie Diaz Eaton
Center for Biodiversity, Unity College, Unity, ME, USA
Stith T. Gower
Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Kristin P. Jenkins
BioQUEST, Madison, WI, USA
M. Drew LaMar
Biology Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
DorothyBelle Poli
Department of Biology, Roanoke College, Salem, VA, USA
Robert Sheehy
Biology Department, Radford University, Radford, VA, USA
Jeremy M. Wojdak
Biology Department, Radford University, Radford, VA, USA
This letter provides an overview of the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) Project funded through the National Science Foundation. The project has five distinct, but interdependent, initiatives which work together to support faculty and students in the teaching and learning of quantitative biology (QB). QUBES has adopted an integrated strategy to improving the frequency and effectiveness of QB instruction that includes coordinating a broad consortium of professional stakeholders, supporting faculty development and the implementation of new teaching practices, providing an infrastructure for collaboration and access to high quality materials, establishing new metrics for faculty teaching scholarship and documenting the project outcomes.
