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Tipoffs for Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Wake Forest) Newsletter for Sunday May 31, 2020 ( 5 items )  

American Council on Education, Other Associations Call for Creation of New Federal Lending Facility for Nonprofits
WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The American Council on Education issued the following news release: Asserting that access to affordable capital is a necessary lifeline as colleges and universities navigate the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis, ACE and 34 other associations are supporting the creation of a new lending facility for nonprofits through the Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) at the Federal Reserve. In a May 22 letter to Jerome Powell, chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal   more

American Public University System Names Robinson to Board of Trustees
CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia, May 20 -- The American Public University System issued the following news release: American Public University System (APUS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Public Education, Inc. (APEI), announced the appointment of William G. Robinson, Jr., president of Broadgate Human Capital LLC, to its board of trustees. "I'm very proud to welcome Bill to the APUS board of trustees," said Dr. Wallace E. Boston, president. "His business insight has proven invaluable throu  more

Mary Lynn and John Wigodsky Receive Giannini Society Award From UNCSA
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 29 -- The University of North Carolina's School of the Arts issued the following news release: Mary Lynn and John Wigodsky are the 2020 recipients of the Giannini Society Award, one of the most prestigious honors bestowed by UNCSA. The Giannini Society was established in 1989 and was named in honor of Vittorio Giannini, a founder and the first president of the School of the Arts. It is a group of dedicated ambassadors who provide leadership annual support for  more

Oregon Health & Science University: Gathering Big Data to Accelerate the COVID-19 Fight
PORTLAND, Oregon, May 27 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: A nationwide collaboration of clinicians, informaticians and other biomedical researchers aims to turn data from hundreds of thousands of medical records from coronavirus patients into effective treatments and predictive analytical tools that could help lessen or end the global pandemic. Through the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (https://covid.cd2h.org/N3C), about 60 clinical institutions   more

University of Virginia: Engineers Develop Device to Automate Tissue Manufacturing for Muscle Repair
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, May 29 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release: In recent wars, about 53,000 U.S. military veterans have suffered serious injuries, often involving large amounts of tissue loss. Many more Americans also suffer from long-term injuries resulting from car crashes, accidents and surgeries. Many of these injuries are disfiguring and debilitating. Now, imagine if lost skeletal muscle could be replaced with manufactured tissue derived from a patient'  more