Word: hymans
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High student interest and the faculty's commitment to interdisciplinary study motivated the formation of the new tracks, according to Associate Professor of Psychiatry Steven E. Hyman, who is director of the MBB initiative...
...initiative is uniquely broad," wrote Hyman in an e-mail message. "We have active participation from the Divinity School, the humanities within [the Faculty of Arts and Sciences], and the Business School, for example. That breadth is both our strength and our challenge...
...Hyman also points out that faculty felt that establishing a separate MBB concentration was "premature." According to Hyman, the faculty would first like to get a better gauge of student interest, raise funds for infrastructure, and further deal with difficulties that stem from interdisciplinary thinking and research...
...Hyman writes in an e-mail message, "We do not think that psychology majors, for example should go through Harvard without thinking about the brain...
...concentration? Committee members are paying close attention to the new tracks, which they consider to be somewhat of an experiment. "Whether there is a concentration depends on sustained student interest in the tracks and the perception of the faculty and student alike that we are adding value," Hyman writes in an e-mail message...