Institute’s research attracts large grant
The new state budget passed last weekend includes $10 million for the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine — part of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine — to create new tissue and organs for wounded soldiers.
Categories: Research & Discovery
Professor of Law Jennifer Collins has been named associate provost for academic initiatives.
In her new role, Collins will work with faculty from across the University to develop academic programs. The appointment is for a three-year term. She will retain her title as professor of law and will continue to teach in the law school.
The Z. Smith Reynolds Library received three grants recently to fund a symposium on the late poet A.R. Ammons (’49) and to digitize collections of material from North Carolina Baptist churches.
As Congress scrambles to finalize financial-reform legislation before the July 4 holiday, business professor and former Federal Reserve economist Rob Bliss warns that such sweeping reform could have serious unintended consequences.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, announced today that it will fund nine research grants to improve the safety of red blood cell transfusions.