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Science 6 March 1998:
Vol. 279. no. 5356, p. 1476
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5356.1476
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ACADEMIC LIFE:
Carving Out a Culture of Excellence

Jeffrey Mervis

SARAWAK, MALAYSIA--The 5-year-old University of Malaysia at Sarawak is attempting to create a culture of excellence in daunting circumstances. Carved out of a peat forest in western Borneo, an island separated from peninsular Malaysia by the South China Sea and by an even wider political, cultural, and economic gulf, the school has pioneered such ideas as teaching faculties that can cross disciplinary boundaries and reduce the traditional infighting between departments. Officials have also recruited hard-charging scientists to head three graduate research institutes that focus on areas of regional and national importance.

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