East Meets West
![Beet Strong bars](https://today.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Photoshop-Image-590x393.jpg)
UIC alumni Austin Robinson and Sofia Sanchez partnered up and created nutritious plant-based beet bars, which can increase blood flow and lower blood pressure.
East Meets West is a collaboration of Provost Susan Poser and Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs Robert Barish.
Read this month’s stories, which focus on collaborations between faculty and students on the east and west sides of campus: