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Sept. 9, 2024

Information literacy expert Mike Caulfield to explore social justice and elections during VCU visit
Sept. 4, 2024

New online exhibit offers an inside look at the influential – though short-lived – Bang Arts Festival
Aug. 22, 2024

Award-winning youth literature author Meg Medina to appear at VCU’s Cabell Library on Sept. 17
$A black and whie photo of a crowd of people. In the middle of the crowd is a sign with a photo of Martin Luther King Jr. that says \"NONVIOLENCE.... OUR MOSTPOTENT WEAPON\"$
Aug. 22, 2024

VCU Libraries to preserve footage from Civil Rights Movement in Richmond
$A book cover next to a photo of a woman. The book cover has red and blue text that reads \"GRAND TOUR POEMS ELIZA GONZALEZ.\" The photo shows the top half of the woman leaning over railing in front of rows of books.$
July 26, 2024

Elisa Gonzalez wins 27th annual Levis Reading Prize for ‘Grand Tour’
June 25, 2024

Comic book pride: In black and white and every color of the rainbow
March 15, 2024

At presidential election forum, VCU political analysts frame Biden-Trump rematch in familiar terms
Feb. 22, 2024

VCU Libraries program has saved students over $10 million in textbook costs
Feb. 7, 2024

Art, medicine and advocacy intersect for physician-cartoonist who shares her perspective in VCU Black History Month address
Feb. 1, 2024

In a hurry to laugh, Global Game Jam teams at VCU create humor on a tight deadline
Dec. 20, 2023

VCU Libraries announces 2023-24 Jurgen Comics Contest winners
Dec. 18, 2023

Rabbi Jack Spiro, former Harry Lyons Chair of Judaic Studies at VCU, dies at age 90
Dec. 13, 2023

Newly digitized maps at VCU Libraries offer a detailed look at 19th-century Richmond
Dec. 7, 2023

Civil Rights Movement organization taps two VCU Libraries oral history collections for national archive
Nov. 16, 2023

VCU Health Sciences Library spotlights the past and present of HIV/AIDS
Nov. 14, 2023

Reflection Room opens in VCU’s Cabell Library to promote student wellness
Nov. 1, 2023

VCU Libraries wins an inaugural Intellectual Freedom Award from the Virginia Library Association
Oct. 30, 2023

Ruth Cody to join VCU Libraries as university archivist on Nov. 25
$A photo ot a person holding out a comic book to show it. The cover says \"ALL-NEGRO cominics\" and has an image of a man chasing after a child.$
Oct. 19, 2023

‘Ink & Rebellion’ exhibit at VCU offers a journey through the history of censorship in comics
Sept. 28, 2023

Explore censorship through VCU Libraries Banned Book Week activities
July 26, 2023

With a prestigious Mellon Foundation grant, VCU Libraries is enhancing its digital Social Welfare History Project
June 23, 2023

LGBTQIA+ award namesakes Chris Burnside and Sarah Barbara Watstein reflect on their journeys before, during and after VCU
June 6, 2023

In support of young scholars, author David Baldacci connects VCU, libraries, Richmond and how communities can change
June 6, 2023

Jodi Koste, VCU’s longtime archivist, retires after decades bringing history to life and to light
April 4, 2023

Virtual VCU worlds used to train, teach and treat in the real one
March 6, 2023

Medical Library Association names VCU's Emily Hurst ‘librarian of the year’
March 6, 2023

VCU Libraries’ Commonwealth Council of the Girl Scouts of Virginia Collection is now available to researchers
$Two zines sitting on a table and four more on a black wall in the background. A zine in the middle has a black and white picture of a road sign that says \"S T A Y H O M E\"$
Feb. 3, 2023

Zine exhibit at Cabell Library explores wellness themes and creative expressions from the pandemic
Jan. 6, 2023

Cindy Jackson, who oversaw VCU’s Comic Arts Collection, dies at 53
Dec. 1, 2022

This VCU Libraries initiative has saved VCU students more than $7M in textbook costs
Sept. 26, 2022

VCU Libraries’ inaugural Social Justice Lecture will focus on racism in health care
$One man sitting at a table and two other men are standing behind him. They are in front of a yellow wall that says \"Assistive Technology.\"$
Aug. 24, 2022

New lab provides VCU students with technology to make learning more accessible
$An illustration from \"De humnani corporis fabrica libri septum,\" a groundbreaking 16th century medical textbook by Andreas Vesalius now housed at the Joseph Lyons Miller Collection at VCU Libraries.$
Jan. 27, 2022

‘These books shaped the practice of medicine’: VCU Libraries acquires large collection of rare medical texts, illustrations and documents
$Illustration for the Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest at VCU. Text reads \"Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest\"$
Sept. 27, 2021

VCU Libraries to hold comics contest exploring censorship of James Branch Cabell’s novel ‘Jurgen’
May 3, 2021

Irene Herold named dean of the VCU Libraries and university librarian
Dec. 16, 2020

VCU’s MCV Campus library to be renamed the Health Sciences Library
Nov. 4, 2020

VCU Libraries’ history project sees shift in use amid COVID-19 and social justice protests
June 10, 2020

VCU Libraries launches VCU Publishing, a digital press for faculty, students and the community
April 22, 2020

Teresa Knott named VCU Libraries interim dean
$The book cover of \"The Politics of Annexation.\"$
April 6, 2020

VCU, University of Richmond libraries work together to publish new, free edition of ‘The Politics of Annexation’
March 31, 2020

VCU’s health sciences library receives top honor for research advancement
March 27, 2020

Campus may be closed but VCU Libraries is still working hard to support faculty and students
Feb. 21, 2020

VCU Libraries’ Freedom Now Project to air on PBS history program
Feb. 10, 2020

University librarian named academic librarian of the year
Sept. 13, 2019

At Cabell Library, VCU students comb through some of history’s most significant comic books
Aug. 15, 2019

How the consumer health library in VCU Medical Center serves patients, their families and the community
$A button with Mad Magazine figure Alfred E. Neuman with \"What-Me Worry? I'm voting MAD\" encircling the top of the button and \"ALFRED E. NEUMAN FOR PRESIDENT\" encircling the bottom.$
July 29, 2019

As Mad magazine disappears from newsstands, VCU’s comics expert looks back on its 67-year history
Feb. 20, 2019

VCU Libraries’ community engagement librarian receives award for excellence in service to LGBTQIA+ community
March 1, 2018

VCU Libraries celebrates addition of 3 millionth volume to its collection
Feb. 15, 2018

VCU Libraries receives Excellence in Academic Libraries Award
Feb. 14, 2018

As ‘Black Panther’ debuts Friday, VCU Libraries’ resident comics expert talks the history and cultural impact of the iconic black superhero
Jan. 26, 2018

VCU Libraries offers crash course in video game development in advance of this weekend’s Global Game Jam
Jan. 22, 2018

Rare copy of precursor to the first American comic book added to VCU Libraries’ Comic Arts Collection
Oct. 16, 2017

Project shares ephemera from women’s suffrage, temperance, civil rights and other social movements
Oct. 13, 2017

In major recognition of its support of research, VCU Libraries joins Association of Research Libraries
Aug. 24, 2017

Cabell Library unveils new mothers’ room, thanks donors who made it possible
July 5, 2017

VCU Libraries secures $1 million Cabell Challenge grant
March 20, 2017

VCU Libraries to survey users’ library needs and preferences
Feb. 27, 2017

VCU Libraries exhibition showcases incredible medical, scientific illustrations by VCUarts students, alumni
Feb. 20, 2017

To combat 'alternative facts,' VCU Libraries launches campaign to encourage students to #VetYourSources
Feb. 14, 2017

Amid uncertainty over U.S. government’s science policies, VCU librarian leads call to preserve public access to information
Feb. 6, 2017

As the sun sets, the sun will rise at Cabell Library
Jan. 30, 2017

To ease students’ financial burden, VCU offers faculty incentives to adopt free or low-cost textbook alternatives
Nov. 16, 2016

VCU Libraries launches digital exhibit of materials related to the Encampment for Citizenship
Oct. 24, 2016

Massive book sale returns to Cabell Library
Oct. 10, 2016

VCU students get hands-on experience with flying drones — inside Cabell Library
Sept. 16, 2016

Cabell Library wins “2016 New Landmark Library” award
Sept. 12, 2016

Three pieces from VCU Libraries’ collections to be displayed at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture
Aug. 26, 2016

Cabell Library’s new 400-square-foot outdoor screen to display art, animation, video, scholarly work
June 14, 2016

Student catalogs VCU Libraries’ collection of pre-1800 books, greatly enhancing their research value
June 6, 2016

Library boosters and student leaders partner for book sale fundraiser
March 3, 2016

VCU to celebrate opening of new James Branch Cabell Library