VCGS to Host Fourth Annual Graduate Student Research Forum and Reception

By Tom Gresham

Virginia Commonwealth University will participate in the Virginia Council of Graduate Schools’ Fourth Annual Graduate Student Research Forum, which showcases research and scholarship across the state.

The forum will be held Feb. 10 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St., in Richmond. 

The forum highlights the benefits of graduate education to the economic, social and civic development of the commonwealth. Participants from VCU, a member of the VCGS, include students in the fields of education; bioinformatics; gerontology; pharmaceutical sciences; social work; rehabilitation and movement sciences; and media, art and text.

Attendees include members of the General Assembly and their staffs, industry representatives, faculty and administrators from across the commonwealth and the general public.

More than 60 graduate students will present their research. Topics range from the characteristics of aerosols in the York River watershed to the development of advanced traffic information systems in the Washington metropolitan area. Much of the research aligns with the priorities of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, demonstrating the critical link between university research and the economic development of the commonwealth and the well-being of its citizens.

More information about VCGS, and the research forum, may be found at www.vacgs.net.