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...don’t have to be small and elite…we can be ambitious and inclusive,” said Harrington. “There was something in the ’60s and ’70s that History and Science was a bit squirrely and academic in the negative sense of the word...
...Harrington added that the department still encourages students to conduct their own research. And whether or not they choose to write a senior thesis, all concentrators still take History of Science 98, a junior year tutorial that culminates in a 25 to 35-page research paper...
...Also within the “Science and Society” track is the “Mind, Brain, and Behavioral Sciences” subfield, and Harrington said that the department is considering the possibility of developing an “Engineering and Society” choice as well...
...Harrington also said that the department is looking to connect the undergraduate research conference with the journal that Ju is trying to restart. She added that the faculty will hold a town hall meeting in early December to discuss more plans for improving the undergraduate curriculum...
...We’re the kind of concentration that you can drop into your professor’s office hours, and we do want our numbers to grow but not grow to the point that it’s not possible,” Harrington said. “We retain a commitment to the personal touch and to the careful close one-to-one mentoring of students—that commitment remains unbroken...