The four students are designing a product to help premature babies better develop circadian rhythm while in the NICU.

Christy Coleman, CEO of the American Civil War Museum, called on graduates to find purposeful paths that change the lives of others and help future generations during Virginia Commonwealth University’s fall commencement ceremony Saturday in the E.J. Wade Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center.

After years working in other fields, new VCU graduates Will and Christian Hayes say compassion and a desire to help people who are physically vulnerable prompted them to embrace a new challenge.

A Robertson School senior-level capstone program — Agency — is providing marketing and PR services to Chesterfield County police, Boys Home of Virginia and CARITAS.

At VCU 50 symposium, alumni and faculty reflect on a university born during a time of change and turmoil, and how it has changed since the MCV-RPI merger.

As people and institutions throughout the United States undertake a re-examination of the country’s history and how it is commemorated, two university presidents and one former president met at Virginia Commonwealth University last week to consider the opportunities and challenges that society as a whole — and colleges in particular — face when attempting to identify the best, most honest ways of remembering and learning from the past.

Virginia Commonwealth University will award degrees during its December commencement exercises on Saturday.

Growing up in Richmond, Reid Anderson spent his childhood on and around the James River. Now at Virginia Commonwealth University, Anderson is pursuing a master’s degree in the Department of Biology in the College of Humanities and Sciences and researching fish ecology in the lower James.