If all her students chipped in a quarter, Rebecca Durfee thought, she could send $60 to provide necessities for families in Quicksburg. Two years later, her students have donated more than $1,000.

At VCU, the disability rights advocate weighs in on the need for more diversity of thought, and why she wants children to learn by building things.

Hundreds of students, faculty and staff attended the annual events on the Monroe Park and MCV campuses.

At 7 months old, Remy Miller was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy. A new drug and a team at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU changed her life.

“Provocations: Guadalupe Maravilla,” which combines drawing, sculpture and performance to depict the artist’s own experiences, kicks off with an overnight ceremony.

“Groups from all over campus have come together,” said Anita Nadal, an assistant professor of Spanish. “I think that it shows our strong dedication and commitment to our community.”

Martha Few, Ph.D., a professor of Latin American history and women's, gender and sexuality studies at Penn State University, will speak at Virginia Commonwealth University about the history of efforts to fight locust swarms in what is now Central America and southern Mexico between the 1680s and 1830s.