Events on campus mark the beginning of the university’s academic year.

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.

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.

The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business has selected the Richmond Symphony as its artist-in-residence for the 2018-19 academic year.

Virginia Commonwealth University and the James River flow together. Students kayak, raft, canoe and wade in the waterway, researchers study its ecosystems, and artists permanently capture its natural beauty.

Virginia Commonwealth University will welcome its largest freshman class this week when the class of 2022 moves into the university’s residence halls, launching the annual Welcome Week schedule of activities that marks the opening of the academic year.

A dozen Virginia Commonwealth University students traveled to Jamaica this summer as part of a service learning course that conducts health promotion and health education activities in rural communities.

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.

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.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam will address VCU and VCU Health students, faculty and staff on the issue of the opioid epidemic during a Grand Rounds lecture next week. Grand Rounds are a traditional patient-centered education method at medical schools, often consisting of presentations on specific medical problems and discussion of treatments.

Jeffrey Lacker, Ph.D., former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, will join the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business this fall.

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.

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.

Rhonda Williams has lived a life of dramatic change. She left Halifax County in rural Virginia after high school for the bustling state capital, Richmond.

Addiction, which is as common as diabetes and depression in the U.S., continues to claim the lives of thousands of Virginians every year.

Katie Schwienteck set a goal several years ago to one day attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings in Lindau, Germany.

The museum’s interactive installation creates intimacy, understanding among strangers who bond over the mending of garments.

VCU Massey Cancer Center is the first in the region to use a new FDA-approved device that guides surgeons in locating and removing breast tumors.

Members of the Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors will hold meetings next week as follows:

Bike share, a new bus network and the Pulse make it easier than ever to get around Richmond without a car.

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginians favor giving law enforcement the ability to restrict weapons at public protests and other assemblies, according to a new statewide poll by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University.

SpaceX will host a fourth Hyperloop Pod Competition next year. Arthur Chadwick plans to be there. “A lot of planning will happen very soon,” said Chadwick, president of Hyperloop at VCU and a rising junior in the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering.

Seven Virginia Commonwealth University students studied abroad this summer after receiving the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. Gilman scholars received up to $5,000 to apply toward their study abroad or internship program costs.

Republican challenger Stewart trails in all key demographic categories, according to statewide poll by VCU's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.

Shira Lanyi, a former professional ballerina, and Sam Kraus, a student following in the footsteps of his grandfather, father and brother, are among those beginning their medical school journeys.

Audra Iness, an M.D.-Ph.D. student, says VCU’s dual-degree program allows her to explore interactions between clinicians and researchers.

Participation in a community-based diabetes self-management program may improve health outcomes for people living with diabetes, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University.

The Department of Medical Assistance Services has selected a team of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine faculty members to lead a multiyear evaluation of Medicaid expansion in the state.

As the practice of dentistry has evolved, the changes have influenced oral health education.

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. He was 88.