The inaugural class of Langston Center for Innovation in Quality and Safety Affiliate Scholars Program will work together across disciplines to strategize and solve problems in health care.

Carolina Espinal, founding principal of Mozaic Strategies, will give a talk at Virginia Commonwealth University titled “Opportunities at the Intersection: How Diversity and Inclusion are Transforming Business and Society.”

Broadening diversity among participants in human genomics research will maximize its potential to discover causes and possible treatments of diseases, requiring thoughtful study design and methodological considerations, write members of an international genomics consortium in the journal Cell.

As VCU kicks off an initiative to raise $50 million in student scholarships, meet some Rams who are living proof of the impact scholarships can have.

Three projects focus on alternative therapeutics, overdose medications with fewer side effects, and treatments to help reduce cravings.

Graduate RVA and its partners work to increase postsecondary completion rates among underrepresented populations.

Heather R. Lucas, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry in the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Humanities and Sciences, has received a $1.65 million National Institutes of Health grant to study the impact of brain metals such as iron and copper on a protein implicated in Parkinson’s disease.

The center will bring together researchers who study differing ways opioids and other drugs interact with the human body.

VCU professor has been featured in The New York Times and on NPR, PBS and “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.”

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a five-year, $2.33 million grant to the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Kickoff will highlight goals of the initiative, introduce new faculty members and gather feedback.

Virginia Commonwealth University reached $310 million in sponsored research funding in fiscal year 2019, setting a new record for the university.

Matthew Desmond will speak about his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City."

Ten years after graduating from VCU, Amber Esseiva is curating her first solo show at the Institute for Contemporary Art.

The inductees have amassed exceptional careers in advertising, journalism, public relations, new media and other media fields.

Exploratory three-year study finds that treating septic patients with intravenous vitamin C could lead to decreased mortality, quicker recovery.

The Teachers of Color Excellence Center at VCU will provide support services to help black educators be successful.

The device could one day play a key role in reducing the nation’s backlog of untested rape kits and expedite crime solving.

The study will build on work supported by a $62M award to VCU in 2013 to lead a consortium of institutions studying combat concussions.

VCU researchers are developing a program that focuses less on student drinking, and more on the underlying factors that lead people to drink.

VCU’s awards are part of 375 grant awards across 41 states made by the NIH this year in efforts to reverse the national opioid crisis.

The center aims to establish and maintain strong partnerships with universities from China and other Asian countries.

The award will fund efforts to tackle homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth and youth of color.

VCU’s Jason Ross Arnold, an expert on whistleblowers, analyzes the Democratic-led House decision to launch an official impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

Throughout the summer, students watered and maintained 62 trees along the neighborhood’s thoroughfares.

Creativity expert and School of Business visiting professor Markus Baer explains why thinking inside the box is the best way to spark creativity.

The two units will form the Center for Community Engagement and Impact and will build on a legacy of excellence in community engagement at the university.

Throughout the year, VMFA experts will meet virtually with VCU classrooms for interactive explorations of works from the museum’s collection.