A boost to international learning
To Rob Lue, a summer China program gives students an opportunity not only to gain international experience but also to understand better a country changing rapidly as a major player on the international stage. Lue, professor of the practice of molecular and cellular biology, has teamed up with Xiao-Li Meng, professor of statistics, and Alain Viel, senior lecturer in molecular and cellular biology, to present a science-focused Harvard Summer School program in Shanghai that combines classes taught by Lue, Viel, and Meng with work in the labs of Chinese collaborators at Fudan University. Harvard Summer School students gain language training and share the classroom with Chinese students, who make up half of the student body for the eight-week program. All together, students get an immersive experience from which they leave with more than life science learning. They also leave with a better understanding of the powerful Asian nation. The program is among eight...