Word: hdrb
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...life sciences majors will find themselves with a new concentration to consider, while potential Classics concentrators will enjoy reduced requirements. Human Development and Regenerative Biology, approved by the Faculty Council last November, is the newest undergraduate concentration. A part of the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, HDRB which will become Harvard’s ninth undergraduate concentration in the life sciences and will be available beginning in the fall of 2009. The Classics department has also updated concentration requirements with its recently-adopted reforms that include eliminating general exams and having fewer language requirements. For department administrators...
Melton said that he hopes HDRB will bridge the gap between the existing human evolutionary biology and molecular and cellular biology concentrations...
...HDRB will emphasize hands-on research under the guidance of faculty affiliated with the department, according to Melton, who will co-tutor the concentration with stem cell researcher Kevin Eggan...
...concentration has been in the works for over a year, according to MCB professor Robert A. Lue, who was an active participant in the discussions surrounding the creation of HDRB...
...current freshmen class will be the first that will be able to declare a concentration in HDRB...