<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2023/jim-socks.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>03/07/2023</pubDate><title>Alum Leads the Effort to Develop Bioengineered Cornea</title><description>Dr. James Socks '86 MBA credits his degree from the University of New Haven with helping him to excel as a leader in the field of ophthalmology. He now has his eyes on giving back – and to engineering a product with the potential to help countless people in need around the world.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>March 7, 2023</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2023/jim-socks-europe.jpg" alt="Dr. James Socks '86 MBA in Istanbul"/></image><image-caption>Dr. James Socks '86 MBA assisting a surgeon performing a corneal surgery at a hospital in Istanbul.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2023</tag></tags></item>