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Article: Wake Forest, Virginia Tech seek joint school of biomedical engineering.
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- BT Catalyst
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Wake Forest University (WFU) in Winston-Salem and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Va., plan 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, and Virginia Tech wants access to a medical school and its researchers.
In addition, the universities anticipate that the new school will increase collaborations among researchers and educators and catalyze fundamental discoveries that lead to improvements in health care technologies.
"The school will strengthen Wake Forest's ...