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Interdisciplinary science: Harvard under review

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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