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Awards Hunter $1.3 Million Grant For Pioneering Project in Quantitative Biology</span></b><span
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none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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five-year $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop
its quantitative biology project, an innovative program that will prepare
students in biology, chemistry, computer science, and mathematics and
statistics to master the advances taking place in 21st-century biomedical
science. Hunter is one of only nine institutions in the country to
receive this grant.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:Times'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
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13.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>Titled �Curricular and
Pedagogical Innovations in Quantitative Biology,� the project, which was
launched in July and will run through June 2013, will transform the College�s
existing science curriculum by introducing innovative teaching methods,
bioinformatics concentrations, and focused work in quantitative reasoning and
analysis.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Times'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>Weigang Qiu, assistant
professor of biology, is the principal investigator of the project.
Adrienne Alaie, assistant professor of biology, and Virginia Teller,
professor of computer science and chair of the Computer Science Department, are
co-P.I.s. Other leading faculty members from anthropology, biology,
chemistry, computer science, and mathematics and statistics took part in the
development of the project.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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that students in the project will enjoy are small classes, individual
mentoring, the opportunity to participate in research conducted at Hunter and
nationally, and topnotch preparation for graduate studies and
scientific/mathematical careers. Scholarships will also be available for
qualified students.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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development initiatives such as the introduction of innovative pedagogy and
bioinformatics content in 27 courses.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>The students directly
involved in the quantitative biology project are not the only students who will
benefit from the project, notes principal investigator Qiu. Some 6,500
students a year�all students taking courses in the disciplines related to the
project�will benefit from the curricular improvements that will arise once the
new computational and quantitative biology content is integrated into these
courses.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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