<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/college-of-biomedical-and-translational-sciences/highlights/rucha-trivedi-phd-defense.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>03/25/2026</pubDate><title>Rucha Trivedi defends her PhD and celebrates first author publication</title><summary>Rucha Trivedi successfully defended her PhD dissertation and published a first author study on the same day. The occasion marked both the completion of her doctoral training in the Biochemistry and Cancer Biology discipline and the publication of her research reflecting the central theme of her dissertation work.</summary><author/><image><img src="/college-of-biomedical-and-translational-sciences/media/Rucha_Trivedi_News_Card.png" alt="Rucha Trivedi stands in front of a presentation screen"/></image><tags><tag>Biochemistry and Cancer Biology</tag><tag>Microbiology Immunology and Genetics</tag><tag>Research</tag></tags></item>