New Virtual University, Named for Norman Borlaug, Will Offer Agriculture Courses

Norman E. Borlaug, the Nobel laureate and biotechnologist, is helping to create a for-profit virtual university that will offer distance-education programs in agriculture and food-science technology.

The new institution, called Norman Borlaug University, will not limit its curriculum to biotechnology, says Randall Cooper, chief operating officer for the university, adding that courses will be offered about various aspects of agribusiness. "Biotechnology is a

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