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Topic - Diversity, equity and inclusion

Nov. 18, 2024

Deep roots and perseverance highlight the Black experience in Appalachia, VCU professor and co-author share
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Nov. 12, 2024

Latino Virginia oral history project gives voice to stories that supplant stereotypes
Nov. 12, 2024

VCU Institute for Women’s Health awarded $3.8M to advance gender diversity in STEMM
Nov. 7, 2024

VCU bids to break attendance record at second annual SupportHER basketball game on Nov. 15
Oct. 31, 2024

Event series facilitates conversation and understanding around Middle East populations
Oct. 22, 2024

Panelists assess historical shadows and modern perspectives on DEI and restorative justice
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Oct. 14, 2024

cRam Session: Understanding Disability Through Media
Oct. 9, 2024

How I found my research: Moira Neve studies visions of a queer utopia as described in an early 20th-century journal
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Oct. 4, 2024

New initiative reflects VCU’s commitment to diversity and inclusion on campus
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Oct. 3, 2024

VCU recognized as a Diversity Champion for sixth straight year
Sept. 16, 2024

VCU’s new El Centro will support Latine students, faculty and staff in academic success and community engagement
Aug. 12, 2024

VCU School of Nursing duo secures funding for revision of maternal mental health screening tool
Aug. 7, 2024

VCU’s inclusive ACE-IT in College earns a first-in-Virginia accreditation – and just the third in U.S.
June 25, 2024

Comic book pride: In black and white and every color of the rainbow
June 17, 2024

Beyond the fab and the fun, the ballroom scene has deep meaning with deep roots
May 13, 2024

Two VCU psychology professors earn national awards for dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion
May 7, 2024

Class of 2024: Angela Matijczak explores family, pets and LGBTQIA+ mental health
May 3, 2024

In full-circle moment, author and VCU alum Ronnie Sidney II will address graduates at Accessibility Achievement Ceremony
May 2, 2024

Class of 2024: Thomas Chatman leaned toward dropping out, but Developing Men of Color helped him lean in to VCU
May 1, 2024

Monument at Shafer Court highlights a golden moment for Black fraternity at VCU
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April 30, 2024

Class of 2024: Family and diversity inspire Sheila Hernández-Rubio on her path toward medicine and community
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April 19, 2024

VCU hosts webinars to recognize and combat Islamophobia and antisemitism
April 18, 2024

‘We are diversity’: Five VCU community members honored at the 2024 PACME ceremony
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April 9, 2024

VCU to host webinars on preventing antisemitism and Islamophobia
March 29, 2024

Recipients of 2024 Burnside Watstein Awards demonstrate service to LGBTQIA+ community and VCU
March 25, 2024

With school segregation persisting, VCU education professor urges a multifaceted, concerted effort to fix it
March 13, 2024

VCU Division of Student Affairs recognized as a Most Promising Place to Work
Feb. 22, 2024

With poise and grace, VCU’s first Black nursing graduate charted a path – and even schooled the faculty on a memorable day
Feb. 20, 2024

VCU working to expand its reach in supporting international education
Feb. 15, 2024

In mind, body and digital souls, VCU doctoral student examines racism through the lenses of adolescence and parenting
Feb. 7, 2024

Art, medicine and advocacy intersect for physician-cartoonist who shares her perspective in VCU Black History Month address
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Feb. 2, 2024

An overview of 2024 Black History Month events and activities at VCU
Feb. 1, 2024

Through research and activism, VCU doctoral student explores gender, race, violence and culture – and wins American Society of Criminology award
Jan. 19, 2024

With optimism and caution, speakers at VCU celebration of MLK Week say ‘beloved community’ must be nurtured
Jan. 11, 2024

VCU will celebrate ‘thriving communities’ during MLK Week 2024
Dec. 7, 2023

Civil Rights Movement organization taps two VCU Libraries oral history collections for national archive
Nov. 29, 2023

Meet-a-Ram: Christina Davis embraces past, present and future tenses of her Native American identity
Nov. 17, 2023

VCU’s Mignonne C. Guy receives award for outstanding contributions through health-equity research
Nov. 9, 2023

How I found my research: Victoria Cashio promotes equality and well-being for people who identify within the gender-diverse community
Nov. 2, 2023

VCU’s Nakeina E. Douglas-Glenn connects equity and outcomes as a ‘pracademic’ – a practitioner-academic
Oct. 25, 2023

How I found my research: Paloma Rodriguez Saucedo seeks to study the toughest challenges that underrepresented communities face
Oct. 16, 2023

VCU social work doctoral student Katie Kim selected for national Minority Fellowship Program
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Oct. 11, 2023

VCU recognized as a Diversity Champion for fifth straight year
Oct. 10, 2023

VCU students’ online story maps highlight the history of Richmond’s Barton Heights and Woodland cemeteries
Oct. 9, 2023

Ahead of FDA ban, a new project will assist providers in helping patients quit menthol cigarettes
Oct. 9, 2023

The achievable dream
Sept. 21, 2023

VCU awarded $3 million from the NIH to continue research training of students underrepresented in the sciences
Sept. 20, 2023

VCU service-learning students offer bilingual support and gain perspective in Becoming Citizens
Sept. 19, 2023

From Dreamer to dentist, Laura Choque found support and success at VCU
Sept. 18, 2023

Faye Belgrave, Ph.D., is named VCU vice president and chief diversity officer
Sept. 15, 2023

Project Gabriel commission presents recommendations of options for VCU to memorialize enslaved people who labored on MCV grounds and property
Aug. 15, 2023

Through undergraduate research program, student works to shift paradigm for disability inclusion in virtual reality research
July 27, 2023

VCU doctoral student Paola Roldan builds on her research into stigmas that transgender workers face
July 26, 2023

In art and sound, exhibit in VCU Medical Center gave voice to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
July 26, 2023

With a prestigious Mellon Foundation grant, VCU Libraries is enhancing its digital Social Welfare History Project
June 26, 2023

VCU Project Gabriel hosts second round of community forums
June 23, 2023

LGBTQIA+ award namesakes Chris Burnside and Sarah Barbara Watstein reflect on their journeys before, during and after VCU
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June 22, 2023

First Year Student Success course offers a step forward for Latinx newcomers at VCU
June 15, 2023

What to watch: Get into the spirit of Juneteenth
May 30, 2023

20 years after the establishment of the African American studies major at VCU, a look back at the program’s history and impact
May 24, 2023

From the heart, VCU student group promotes Latinx health equity
May 18, 2023

New safety videos focus on representing everyone who enters the lab
May 3, 2023

One of VCU’s first Black fraternities shares a seat of honor to mark a half-century of service
April 26, 2023

VCU’s Lane Carasik honored by American Nuclear Society for diversity efforts
April 19, 2023

Six VCU community members honored at the 2023 PACME ceremony
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April 13, 2023

Community provides valuable feedback, ideas to VCU’s Project Gabriel
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April 4, 2023

Four members of the VCU community honored at 17th annual Burnside Watstein Awards
April 3, 2023

VCU to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
March 22, 2023

Second annual Q Symposium will feature visit from artist, author and director Eric A. Stanley
March 22, 2023

VCU’s Project Gabriel holds its first community forum
March 16, 2023

Carlos Smith wins inaugural American Dental Education Association faculty leadership award
March 15, 2023

VCU Project Gabriel hosts first community forum at MLK Middle School
March 13, 2023

Meet-a-Ram: Arrick Wilson, CT sports editor and founder of The Black Creative
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March 3, 2023

Founder of Black History in the Making Awards urges newest recipients to fight for truth
Feb. 28, 2023

Fashion expert reflects on how Black designers, models and musicians have influenced the way the world sees and wears clothing
Feb. 24, 2023

Project Gabriel: President’s Special Commission on Slavery and Justice will help VCU reconcile the past with the present
Feb. 24, 2023

Smithsonian curator shares lessons in Black musical history
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Feb. 23, 2023

Fostering student success motivates biology professor Fernando Tenjo-Fernandez as he approaches his 20th year at VCU
Feb. 20, 2023

Doctoral student wins award to help fund research into gender equity and housing instability
Feb. 17, 2023

VCU faculty leader begins term on national diversity and inclusivity committee
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Feb. 3, 2023

An overview of 2023 Black History Month events and activities at VCU
Jan. 20, 2023

Week of events at VCU celebrates life, legacy of MLK Jr.
Jan. 11, 2023

VCU’s MLK Week 2023 focuses on economic justice
Jan. 9, 2023

iCubed scholar Rachel Gómez inspires students to take pride in their history
Dec. 9, 2022

Addressing VCU's historical connections to slavery
Dec. 9, 2022

Class of 2022: Four standouts in research training program for underrepresented students earn their doctorates
Dec. 8, 2022

Growing up in the segregated South inspires professor to pursue avenues that bring people together
Nov. 2, 2022

Structural biologist Carlos Escalante is breaking down barriers for student researchers
Oct. 27, 2022

VCU named as APLU 2022 Degree Completion Award Finalist
Oct. 24, 2022

East Marshall Street Well Project engages community through film camp, K-12 education and archival research
Oct. 19, 2022

Staff Senate group raises awareness about disability resources at VCU
Oct. 18, 2022

Students share their experiences at Hispanic Heritage Month community festival
Oct. 14, 2022

On the RISE: Transforming research for all with the Research Institute for Social Equity
Oct. 7, 2022

Pamunkey artist Ethan Brown brings his work, process and expertise to VCU
Sept. 27, 2022

VCU professor's documentary explores the first psychiatric facility for African Americans and the history of scientific racism
Sept. 26, 2022

VCU Libraries’ inaugural Social Justice Lecture will focus on racism in health care
Sept. 21, 2022

Latine Heritage Month will feature an assortment of events on campus and in the community
Sept. 21, 2022

VCU recognized as a Diversity Champion for the fourth straight year
Sept. 9, 2022

VCU Office of Health Equity will host the first annual History and Health: Racial Equity Symposium on September 21
Aug. 31, 2022

VCU honors outstanding educators and researchers at 40th faculty convocation
Aug. 30, 2022

Prestigious NIH grant sets up neuroscience Ph.D. student for continued success
Aug. 24, 2022

Alum Sesha Joi Moon ‘working with purpose and on purpose’ as leader of diversity, equity and inclusion at U.S. Capitol
Aug. 17, 2022

VCU School of Education team develops statewide DEI training to educate those who work with individuals with disabilities
Aug. 15, 2022

Students pitch ideas to university leaders to increase resource accessibility
Aug. 9, 2022

‘Birth of a Planet’ spotlights the life of Richmond Planet founder John Mitchell Jr.
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Aug. 9, 2022

IExcel Education scales up to fulfill Quest 2028 goals of building on VCU’s diversity, equity and inclusion leadership
July 22, 2022

Humanities Research Center co-leads Indigenous media symposium
July 21, 2022

DEI administrators face five barriers to effective action in intercollegiate sports, research finds
July 21, 2022

Honors student, faculty member collaborate to improve HIV education
July 18, 2022

Scholar on Minority Serving Institutions: VCU’s new status marks ‘an opportunity for active reflection’
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June 24, 2022

Getting to know Q
June 15, 2022

Juneteenth: A reading list
June 7, 2022

Meet-a-Ram: Katie Cappuccio, a singer-songwriter and advocate for those with disabilities
May 24, 2022

VCU inclusive excellence leaders acquire national certification
April 28, 2022

What’s the best class you’ve ever taken?
April 27, 2022

‘Diversity drives excellence’ at 2022 PACME ceremony
April 11, 2022

VCU researcher awarded three-year grant for tobacco investigation
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March 28, 2022

Class of 2022: Student founded pharmacy org focused on LGBTQIA+ issues
March 28, 2022

Queer Research and Advocacy Center convenes its first Q Symposium
March 22, 2022

Gabriel’s House: African American Studies building renamed in honor of leader of planned slave revolt
March 4, 2022

Personal connection at the heart of Equity in Cardiovascular Health Outcomes Lab
Feb. 23, 2022

Vann Graves reflects on magnifying Black voices and the current creative landscape
Feb. 22, 2022

Breaking barriers
Feb. 22, 2022

VCU project serves as national model to expand female STEM faculty recruitment and retention
Feb. 18, 2022

VCU to help develop a racial-healing toolkit for colleges and universities
Feb. 12, 2022

Author of ‘On Juneteenth’ urges a more complete telling of American history
Feb. 9, 2022

When the Underground Railroad ran to Mexico
Feb. 2, 2022

Professor’s ‘nightlife-in-residency’ explores queer nightlife, club culture
Jan. 31, 2022

Discussion about racial reckoning at Monticello one of the highlights for Black History Month at VCU
Jan. 28, 2022

VCU receives 2021 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award
Oct. 6, 2021

Alum and radio host Oscar Contreras embraces his role as a uniter. ‘I really like doing this stuff.’
Nov. 4, 2020

VCU Libraries’ history project sees shift in use amid COVID-19 and social justice protests