Distinguished faculty to be honored at convocation event Six professors will be recognized for teaching, scholarship and service achievement at VCU’s 36th annual Opening Faculty Address and Convocation. Read more »
Richmond Symphony named artist-in-residence at the VCU School of Business The symphony will be the first musical artist and first organization to serve in the role, following residencies by visual artist Noah Scalin and photographer Alyssa Salomon. Read more »
Former Richmond Fed president Jeffrey Lacker to join VCU School of Business Lacker, who led the Richmond Fed from 2004 to 2017, will become a distinguished professor in the Department of Economics on Aug. 16. Read more »
Words from the wise: Five longtime professors reflect on their 20-plus years of teaching at VCU We asked five professors who have two decades or more of VCU teaching experience to share their experiences, favorite moments and lessons learned throughout the years. Read more »
Renowned surgeon, mentor and teacher Hunter Holmes McGuire Jr. dies at 88 Hunter H. McGuire Jr., M.D., whose leadership helped shape the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine during an influential 35-year career, died Monday morning at his home in Richmond. Read more »
Distinguished faculty to be honored at convocation event Six distinguished faculty will be recognized for teaching, scholarship and service achievement Wednesday, Aug. 22, at Virginia Commonwealth University’s 36th annual Opening Faculty Address and Convocation. 8/17/2018
Majority of Virginians see community colleges, public universities as worth the cost Eighty percent of Virginians agree strongly or somewhat that community colleges are the worth cost, while 66 percent said the same about public four-year schools. 8/16/2018
Richmond Symphony named artist-in-residence at the VCU School of Business The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business has selected the Richmond Symphony as its artist-in-residence for the 2018-19 academic year. 8/16/2018
Lighthouse U receives $1M award to foster student entrepreneurship across Virginia A new project by nationally ranked Richmond startup accelerator Lighthouse Labs and the da Vinci Center, Virginia Commonwealth University’s student hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, was awarded a $1 million grant on Tuesday to train and support entrepreneurial college students across Virginia interested in launching startups. 8/15/2018
Midlife mortality rates are increasing across U.S. racial-ethnic populations, VCU-led study finds Midlife mortality rates in the United States have increased across racial-ethnic populations for a variety of conditions in recent years, offsetting years of progress in lowering mortality rates, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University-led study. 8/15/2018
Former Richmond Fed president Jeffrey Lacker to join VCU School of Business Jeffrey Lacker, Ph.D., former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, will join the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business this fall. 8/14/2018
Four specialties at VCU Medical Center recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals rankings U.S. News & World Report has recognized VCU Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in the Richmond metro area for the eighth consecutive year, and as the No. 2 hospital in Virginia for 2018-19. 8/14/2018
Virginians see schools as safe, look increasingly to mental health approaches to school safety Six months after a shooting rampage left 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, a new statewide poll by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University finds that Virginians increasingly see mental health approaches as important for school safety. 8/14/2018