01/20/2026 05:00:00 AMOn January 9, 2026, Riccardo Bianchi, Ph.D., Associate Dean for the Foundations of Medicine in the College of Medicine and Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, returned to his hometown of La Spezia, Italy, as one of 10,001 Olympic Torch Bearers for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.Office of the President/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/01-20/03-olympic-flame.xmlCollege of MedicinePharmacology