Biologists are from Mars, chemists are from Venus?

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At the University of Delaware Steve Fifield is leading NSF research on how scientists from different disciplines collaborate. Postdoctoral researcher Katherine McGurn Centellas (far left) and graduate research assistant Jennifer Koester are assisting ...
At the University of Delaware, Steve Fifield is leading NSF research on how scientists from different disciplines collaborate. Postdoctoral researcher Katherine McGurn Centellas (far left) and graduate research assistant Jennifer Koester are assisting with the study. Credit: Kathy F. Atkinson/University of Delaware

“Plays well with others.” That popular phrase on a T-shirt is being taken to a whole new level in higher education these days, as experts in a variety of fields increasingly must work together to address some of society's biggest challenges, from a warming planet to cancer.


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