Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to this week’s convocation featuring Berea alumnus Dr. Rocky S. Tuan, a prominent biomedical scientist who will discuss using adult stem cells, 3D printing, and nanomaterial technologies. The convocation will take place Thursday, October 19, at 3 p.m., in Phelps Stokes Chapel. Continue reading Rocky S. Tuan ’72 to Share Research in Stem Cells, Skeletal Tissue Engineering and Regeneration →
Rocky Tuan Vice Chancellor at The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong
At its meeting held today (July 25, 2017), the Council of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) unanimously approved the appointment of Professor Rocky S. Tuan, an eminent biomedical scientist, as the eighth Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK. Tuan, a 1972 alumnus of Berea College (Berea, KY), was selected to serve a period of six years beginning January 1, 2018—succeeding Professor Joseph J.Y. Sung who steps down then to resume his position as Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK. Continue reading Berean Rocky S. Tuan Appointed Vice-Chancellor & President at Chinese University of Hong Kong →
Willie James Parker, M.D., a 1986 graduate of Berea College will speak this week on Thursday, November 10, at 3:00pm in Phelps Stokes Chapel on the Berea College campus. His address, titled Reproductive Justice in Christian Understanding: New Wine in Old Wine Skins, will focus on his Christian identity as a physician who performs abortions and who advocates for reproductive rights. Continue reading Willie Parker, M.D. to Speak at Berea College Convocation →
Published originally in the winter 2010 issue of Berea College Magazine
by Julie Sowell
A few years ago, Dr. Rocky Tuan, ’72, an expert in musculoskeletal systems and a pioneer in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, was asked by doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to help them study a problem affecting soldiers returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wounds to their arms and legs weren’t healing properly. “People who have blast injuries have a very high incidence of heterotopic ossification,” says Rocky. ”Bone forms where it’s not supposed to form, particularly after amputation, and we wanted to know why.” The condition causes deformity and pain at the amputation site and makes wearing a prosthesis difficult. Continue reading The Healing Power of Our Own Bodies →
by Robert L. Moore, ’13
It’s not surprising that Leslie Boyd Long, ’89, became an internal medicine doctor. She grew up with a hospital in the back of her house. Leslie was the only girl and youngest of four children on a farm outside Tollesboro, a small town in Lewis County, Kentucky. Her father James, a veterinarian, kept a clinic at home, and his children assisted him. Continue reading Serving American Heroes →
Sept. 8 at 3 p.m.- Medical researcher and author, Dr. Joseph B. Zwischenberger, director of the University of Kentucky’s Transplant Center, will deliver a landmark address, “Using Technology to Advance the Medical Profession,” at a Berea College convocation in Phelps Stokes Chapel. Continue reading Joseph Zwischenberger, M.D. Convo- “Using Technology to Advance the Medical Profession” →
Alumni Gene and Joan Parr display an undeniable enthusiasm when discussing Berea. Memories of the campus in the 1940s abound, but the couple focuses most of Berea’s influence in creating purposeful lives. Continue reading Gene Parr, ’49, and Joan Parr, ’48 Return the Gift of a Lifetime →