Letters from Rameses brings smiles to people’s faces

Posted Oct 31, 2021
Launched last year when University of North Carolina Hospital patients were spending more time alone because of the pandemic, Letters from Rameses is a student group dedicated to writing letters to patients to lift their spirits. “The whole purpose behind the club is to put a smile on people’s faces,” said Tala Farah, a senior majoring in neuroscience. (UNC.edu)

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