Wake Forest strives to make vision-restoring eye transplants a reality
Reducing Harm – a story about a Wake professor’s research on human trafficking
For P’25s: Wake Forest Fellows application
Valentine’s Day Care Package offer
We’re at Humpday – the middle of the work week. Today I am bringing you a couple of news stories. Enjoy!
Wake Forest strives to make vision-restoring eye transplants a reality
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is joining an exciting project focused on vision-restoring eye transplants, as made possible by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health Transplantation of Human Eye Allografts program. This project will bring together over 40 scientists, doctors and experts from across the nation in hopes of making sight restoration possible through an eye transplant. Read more about this exciting work.
Reducing Harm – a story about a Wake professor’s research on human trafficking
Reducing Harm tells of the work of Stacie Petter, the inaugural associate provost for faculty affairs and the Peter C. Brockway Chair of Strategic Management in the School of Business, who has devoted her research and scholarship to detect and disrupt human trafficking and other illicit activity.
This story is timely, as January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. And in that spirit, I want to share the prologue to this article:
“The call of Pro Humanitate – to be a catalyst for good in society – means being willing to enter some of the darkest corners of humanity. Confronting complex issues and working to create solutions to complicated problems implies an element of messiness. Perhaps that is why courage accompanies the curiosity of Wake Foresters. It is not easy to pursue the good when encountering the bad is inevitable. But it is worth it. This story is ultimately about the good, but it will take a meandering path through the dark and disturbing before it gets there.“
It is a really interesting article about how Dr. Petter and her research team will study illicit decision making within supply networks.
For P’25s: Wake Forest Fellows application
For our senior families: if your ’25 is still trying to think about their next move after graduation, this might be of interest:
“The Wake Forest Fellows Program was created to provide recent graduates a chance to work in higher administration in a year-long position as full-time staff members of the University. Established by the President’s Office in 2008, the program provides challenging work opportunities in a variety of offices across campus. Interested seniors can apply here. Applications close on Monday, Jan. 20 at 8 a.m.”
Valentine’s Day care package offer
The Office of Residence Life and Housing sent families a message about Valentine’s Day care packages. If this something that would interest your student, please check it out.
Happy midweek to all! Hope everyone coasts gently to Friday 🙂
