#  Lauder Lab hosts Accessible Sharks program 

 





August 25, 2023

 

 

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 [George Lauder](https://sites.harvard.edu/glauder/), MCZ Curator of Ichthyology, along with scientists from Yale University and the University of Florida, hosted three students studying sharks for eight weeks this summer through the [Research Experience for Undergraduates](https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu) program Accessible Sharks, funded by the National Science Foundation.

 The program is geared to students with disabilities and researchers hope to expand the program next year. “I think lots of us, especially these days, are trying to diversify access to science and the scientific experience,” said Lauder, Henry Bryant Bigelow Professor of Ichthyology and Harvard College Professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. “That has many dimensions to it. It has dimensions of race, dimensions of economic accessibility, emotional accessibility, mental health accessibility. We’re all trying to diversify science for the future, and this is just a part of that.”



 

 

 



 

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