HHMI Professors Program
Richard Losick, Harvard University
In the fall of 2002, Richard Losick was named one of 20 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professors. HHMI created these awards to encourage research scientists to bring their creativity to the classroom to make biology more engaging to undergraduates.
Since receiving the award, Professor Losick has used the funds provided to (1) improve pedagogy for the teaching of introductory molecular biology; (2) create an Undergraduate Experimental Biology Program in which teams of students tackle research tied to faculty; and (3) introduce freshmen from disadvantaged backgrounds to sustained, inquiry-based research.
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