But in July of that year, a full-scale academic department of neuroscience was established to accommodate the growing undergraduate concentration and doctoral program. The center was replaced by the Institute for Brain and Neural Systems, formed to compliment the newly-created neuroscience department by participating in the graduate program and providing the opportunity for graduate training. Mark Bear, professor of neuroscience, is among the group of 20 scientists and graduate students from various disciplines that form the Institute for Brain and Neural Systems, which now exists as part of the Brain Science Program. Other institutions were considering the same step, they said. B rown's Brain Science Program will need continued resources to thrive, said Donoghue.
Funds are necessary both to hire new faculty and to purchase major research tools.
We have proven here that people from different disciplines can fruitfully work together. Not only should we do it, we can do it. I feel passionately that we can do this because we are so strong scientifically. At a March 3 symposium in honor of Cooper's 70th birthday, the physicist was lauded by colleagues past and present. The party celebrated a lifetime of achievement.