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Learning toCombat OpioidDeaths VCOM-Virginia students join together in program to learn to administer naloxone to prevent the epidemic of overdose deaths. Helping Afghan Refugees VCOM-Auburn student and son of Afghan immigrants volunteers to help refugees transition. Alumni Serve in the Northside VCOM-Carolinas is part of the Northside Revitalization. Now two of its alumni are living the mission as new physicians in the neighborhood. Advancing Sports Medicine VCOM-Louisiana is gearing up to develop a sports medicine program for the Delta region.

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Section Highlights: 5 From the President and Provost ALUMNI & DEVELOPMENT 27 $150,000 Grant fromTruist Foundation RESEARCH 36 Research Review NEWS AND EVENTS 40 College and Faculty News ALUMNI NEWS

46 Outstanding Alumni News 48 Class of 2021 Graduates

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