November 4, 2005

Where a Geneticist Can Teach 'Gilgamesh'

By BURTON BOLLAG

At Ursinus College, not only does every freshman have to take a liberal-arts course, but almost all professors have to teach it

One sunny day shortly after the start of the fall term, Robert M. Dawley was preparing to spend the afternoon tutoring two students on how to measure the DNA content in the cells of tadpoles.

But first he walked briskly out of his building and over to a small lounge with white cinder-block walls, stretched out on the carpeted floor, his head propped up

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