VCU will provide lapel pins to salute faculty and staff military veterans The pins, one for each of the five U.S. military branches, can help create a more supportive community for veterans, said Stephen Ross, director of Military Student Services. Read more »
Instead of jail, low-level offenders are taking an experimental writing class at VCU Writing their life stories and sharing them with classmates offers participants an opportunity to reflect on the positives and the negatives in their lives. Read more »
VCU programs recognized among the best in updated U.S. News & World Report rankings Several academic programs at Virginia Commonwealth University received top 50 rankings in the newest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools,” released March 20. Read more »
Angell named dean of the School of Social Work at VCU Beth Angell, Ph.D., has been named dean of the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University, effective July 16. Read more »
Renowned biochemist and student advocate Jan Chlebowski dies at 74 Chlebowski served as a faculty member at VCU for 39 years and directed VCU's international educational partnership with the University of the West of England since the program began in 1987. Read more »
At community gathering, UR and VCU to unveil digital map of East End Cemetery Over the past year, students and faculty from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond have been collaborating to clean up and conduct research at Richmond’s East End Cemetery, a long-neglected and overgrown burial site of thousands of African-Americans that dates back to 1897. 4/20/2018
VCU will provide lapel pins to salute faculty and staff military veterans The pins, one for each of the five U.S. military branches, can help create a more supportive community for veterans, said Stephen Ross, director of Military Student Services. 4/20/2018
Relihan named dean for the University College at VCU Constance Relihan, Ph.D., has been named dean for the University College at Virginia Commonwealth University, effective July 9. 4/18/2018
Experts on sexual assault: #MeToo efforts of survivors and advocates show that change can happen Virginia Commonwealth University Police Chief John Venuti thinks the first step toward addressing sexual assault is to start believing people. 4/13/2018
AARP CEO to discuss ‘The Business of Boomers’ at VCU Investors Circle event AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins will join Ed Grier, dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business, for a conversation on “The Business of Boomers” on Wednesday, April 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hotel John Marshall, 101 N. Fifth St. 4/10/2018
VCU education professor discusses his new research into how schools can better recruit and retain black male special education teachers School districts across the country are struggling to close the racial gap in the teaching workforce and hire more black teachers — particularly male teachers — who are more likely attuned to the cultural needs of black students, thereby creating a space for positive academic achievement. 4/10/2018
VCU Board of Visitors to meet May 11 The Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors has scheduled committee and full board meetings on Friday, May 11, on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus in the James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., Richmond, Virginia, as follows: 4/9/2018
VCU professors join elite biomedical engineering group Three Virginia Commonwealth University professors have joined the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, an elite group that comprises the top 2 percent of medical and biological engineers nationally. 4/9/2018