The President's Bulletin

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A Torch Kiss in La Spezia: Carrying the (Olympic) Flame for His Home

by Office of the President - January 20 , 2026

On 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...

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