Harvard is embarking on an experiment to foster collaboration and interdisciplinary research. Corie Lok looks at whether it can change its culture and reinvent communities along the way.
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Corie Lok is senior editor of Nature Network, based in Boston.
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Lok, C. Interdisciplinary science: Harvard under review. Nature 454, 686–689 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/454686a
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