HIGHLIGHTS OF HOPE | FALL/WINTER ’20 ISSUE 2 VAI Scientist Breakthroughs 4 Remembering Dr. Viviane Labrie 6 Graduate School Updates 8 Education Helps Students, Teachers Adapt 10 Purple Community Spotlight: Pat Ringnalda 12 Events 16 Event Sponsors 17 Memorials & Tributes 18 Donor Spotlight: Thomas & Garretta Newhof/Prein&Newhof Research Fund Note: Some photos included in this edition ofHighlightsofHope were taken prior to distancing guidelines related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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