In Carver, ‘a garden for everyone’ emerges VCU students are constructing a community garden at Carver Elementary to help fight food insecurity. Read more »
5 years of RamTech: Inside VCU’s campus technology hub The store on West Grace Street — a national leader among campus technology shops — continues to support student customers and employees. Read more »
Through national fellowship, VCU’s Nauje Jones finds outlet for her commitment to the community Jones, the first VCU student to receive a Newman Civic Fellowship, has found her passion in the issue of cardiovascular health among black women. Read more »
‘It gave me the foundation I needed’: VCU, community colleges work to help transfer students thrive Close ties between VCU and the Virginia Community College System allow students to hit the ground running. Read more »
Board of Visitors approves ONE VCU master plan The plan will guide the physical development of the Monroe Park and MCV campuses. Read more »
VCU considering smoke- and tobacco-free campus policy If approved, all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, would be prohibited on university property and only allowed in designated outdoor smoking areas. Read more »
How VCU’s Rodney Robinson became one of the nation’s finest teachers Robinson, a School of Education alumnus and National Teacher of the Year finalist, works with kids in juvenile detention and helps them by teaching through a ‘personal and profound’ lens. 4/23/2019
Tag Day to highlight the impact of private philanthropy at VCU The VCU Office of Alumni Relations and VCU’s student alumni association, Students Today Alumni Tomorrow, will partner on April 24 to host the university’s inaugural Tag Day. 4/23/2019
Demo Day to showcase VCU students’ most promising startups and innovations Teams of students in university’s Pre-Accelerator Program will showcase their ideas — including a solution for package theft and applying gamification to study for medical boards. 4/22/2019
VCU School of Nursing opens accelerated path to a bachelor's to Rappahannock and Southside Virginia Community Colleges The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing has partnered with Southside Virginia Community College and Rappahannock Community College to offer accelerated coursework to registered nurses who are students at both community colleges, providing them a faster path to obtaining a bachelor’s degree. Students will be enrolled concurrently at VCU and their respective community colleges. 4/16/2019
In Carver, ‘a garden for everyone’ emerges VCU students are constructing a community garden at Carver Elementary to help fight food insecurity. 4/15/2019
LOCATION UPDATE: VCU hosts solar competition for middle schoolers Virginia Commonwealth University will host Rams Go Solar, a solar car design and construction competition for middle schoolers, on Saturday, April 13, at the Mary and Frances Youth Center, 120 S. Linden St. 4/12/2019
Lecture at VCU to explore how intentional literacy instruction can prevent preschool-to-prison pipeline A public lecture at the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University will explore the preschool-to-prison pipeline and analyze the role literacy instruction plays on social, emotional and academic development during the early school years among children of color and children of poverty. 4/11/2019
Corin Hewitt to debut ‘Shadows Are To Shade’ in June The Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University will present “Shadows Are To Shade,” a new project by Richmond artist Corin Hewitt, an associate professor in the VCU School of the Arts. 4/10/2019