Columbia College biology professor Peggy Wright

August 6, 2009 | 1:11 p.m. CDT

Peggy Wright, a biology professor at Columbia College, talks with Terry Smith, the college's dean of academic affairs, about a new online course in human biology. The class, which is slated to start this fall, will allow students to perform lab assignments at home.

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