The grants are part of the Johnson Center’s mission to support collaborative and novel clinical research for both emerging and seasoned clinical and bench scientists.

Omar Abubaker lost his son to a heroin overdose. Now he and faculty across the university are uniting to teach health sciences students about the dangers of overprescribing opioids.

The Experience Design track students won the Future Lions award for “BoseNeuro 35,” an idea that uses neuro-technology to send mental commands to Bose headphones.

Dayanjan “Shanaka” Wijesinghe sees an opportunity to bring pharmacy and da Vinci students together to inspire entrepreneurship and creative thinking.

The funds raised thus far have established 216 new endowed scholarships and student support funds, 49 new endowed professorships and chairs, and 59 new endowed faculty support and research funds.

The VCU Craft Beer Certificate Program will offer two tracks: the Business of Craft Beer and the Craft Brewer Certificate.