Subscribe to RSS feeds

Looking for a quick and easy way to receive news releases and articles from VCU? News feeds are free and no personal information is required to subscribe.

How to subscribe

Subscribe to VCU news to receive up-to-the-minute announcements from happenings around the university.

RSS frequently asked questions

What is RSS?

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and allows you to stay informed when Web sites add new content. When you subscribe to an RSS news feed, the latest headlines will automatically be sent to a custom Web page that you’ve created. You can view all of the topics that interest you (and not the ones that don’t) without having to visit the original Web site.

How do you use the news feeds?

Setting up RSS feeds requires a news reader that is available in several different versions, including ones accessible through your browser and others that are downloadable applications.

Browser-based news readers allow you to view your RSS feed subscriptions from any computer. Downloadable applications let you store the feeds on your main computer in the same way that you would download your e-mail using Outlook or access it on a Web-based service such as Yahoo Mail.

How do you get a news reader?

To start using news feeds, download a news reader application. Below we have listed a sampling of RSS news feed readers. The individual sites will provide more instructions to help you get started.

RSS news feed readers

Web-based

For Windows

For Mac OS X

Note: Browsers such as Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, Opera and Safari automatically check Web sites for feeds and display an icon when they find one, making subscribing to news feeds much easier.

I have a news reader — now what?

Once you select a news feed reader, visit your favorite Web sites to see if they offer RSS.

They will often put a “subscribe to RSS” icon (i.e.,) or text on their Web sites to indicate if they offer RSS feeds.

To subscribe to a site, click on the RSS news feed link or copy and paste the URL of the feed into your news reader program (click on the RSS icon before you copy the URL).

This site contains links to external (non-VCU) Web sites. VCU is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such Web sites.

VCU News Center