In a Maya signature class, first-year students get a rare learning experience: to be taught by not one, but two of the university’s MacArthur fellows.
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Two MacArthur fellows, one signature class
By Michelle Bryant, College of Liberal Arts
Published: March 18, 2011
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Sure wish that this had been taught in the late 1950' and early 60's. I had the good fortune to take a class under the late Walter Prescott Webb and it was a great experienc Robert Gunn BA Microbiology 1959 BS Pharmacy 1965