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Article: Wake Forest and Virginia Tech Plan to Establish Joint School of Biomedical Engineering.
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- October 16, 2001
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ --
Wake Forest University and Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) announced plans today to establish a joint School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences.
The school will fill needs at both universities. Wake Forest has long sought to add an engineering program, either directly or through affiliation. Virginia Tech gains access to a medical school and its biomedical researchers.
The school is aimed at maximizing collaboration among researchers and educators in biology, engineering and medicine to advance fundamental discoveries in medicine and biology and lead to ...