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...five departments, taught by “interdisciplinary teams of faculty [to] address topics in the context of larger biological questions.” At the Wyss Institute, there is no doubt that this interdisciplinary “bioengineering of the future,” as Provost Steven E. Hyman called it, will bring major benefits to mankind. Fortunately, Mr. Wyss has the foresight—and the funds—to finance this initiative. Harvard, like most research universities, depends on federal funding to conduct research. In 2007, Harvard received $329 million in grants from the National Institutes...
...Implementation of a bioengineering curriculum as per the ambitious time-table is contingent on whether a permanent dean of SEAS is appointed. Hyman said that the new dean should have an instrumental role in developing the curriculum and “a sense of ownership...
...this point in the recruitment process, Hyman said, it is too difficult to determine whether there will be delays in the proposed timeline...
...that doesn’t mean we’re backing off [the timeline],” Hyman added. “Harvard is late to the game in bioengineering. But we're at an intellectual inflection point, and this is a great time to get into...
...Wyss did not want to simply re-create today’s biomedical engineering,” Hyman said. “Rather, he insisted that we build the bioengineering of the future...