Word: ausubel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...departure follows that of Frederick M. Ausubel, associate professor of Biology, who received tenure from MGH's Department of Genetics and joined its Department of Molecular Biology last fall...
Since the openings in universities are limited, the students say industry offers them a secure job after graduation. Students in Ausubel's, Ptashne's, and Gilbert's labs say that there are both "pluses and minuses" in the new industry, which has just recently spread to the area of agricultural research...
Faculty members disagree about what conflicts occur when they take-on responsibilities beyond the walls of Harvard. Frederick Ausubel, associate professor of Biology and a consultant for the nine-month-old Biotechnica, Inc. says a potential conflict of spirit can occur. "Can one devote all that much time to creative work at a university and at the same time have a major creative endeavor somewhere else?" he asks rhetorically...
...graduate students have mixed opinions of their professor's activities. Some say the professors are available at request and that they do not miss their professors' absence since they do mostly independent research. One student in Ausubel's lab says he has heard miserable tales from students who felt that they had been neglected, but he adds that he likes the arrangement since the industrial opportunities available to Ausubel siphon down to him. If Ausubel doesn't have time to write a story about his research for a popular magazine, the student says, he often asks one of his students...
...departments will continue to share the undergraduate biology curriculum, so the "split will remain invisible" on the undergraduate level, said Frederick Ausubel, head tutor of Biology. A committee consisting of faculty members from both departments, undergraduates, and graduate students exists, and should prevent difficulties, Ausubel added...