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Senior Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology Robert A. Lue, a member of the review’s Committee on Science and Technology Education, presented a 24-page report calling for the creation of introductory life sciences and physical sciences courses that would provide the necessary foundation for concentrators while also serving as a useful base of knowledge for students who do not intend to take more courses in the sciences...
...Lue said the problem with science education at Harvard is that students often spend their first two years learning facts and acquiring the “toolbox” of skills they will need to go further in their discipline, and may not get to the “connections that make [science] interesting” until their junior year...
...want to make Harvard the best place to come to for the life sciences,” said Robert Lue, lecturer on molecular and cellular biology, who will be serving on the committee on teaching science. “This will be the first sort of curriculum that we feel will really be [interdisciplinary] so students will understand why the connections between chemistry, biology, physics, and human biology are so important...
...While Lue says he looks forward to making very concrete recommendations in his working group, Leverett Professor of Physics Gerald Gabrielse says he still expects more layers of discussion before legislation is set to go before the Faculty...
Executive Director for Undergraduate Education in Molecular and Cellular Biology Robert A. Lue also stresses this point, adding that new lab space, as well as new hires, are imperative...