VCU news

April 8, 2025

Longtime journalism professor and Capital News Service founder Wilma Wirt dies at 89

Feb. 12, 2025

The legacy of the singular American writer Tom Robbins lives on at VCU

Feb. 6, 2025

Charles P. Ruch, who served as dean and provost at VCU, dies

Jan. 22, 2025

Frances Wessells, founder of VCU Dance, dies at 105

Dec. 10, 2024

VCU mourns the passing of William Ginther, a Board of Visitors member from 2010 to 2018 and rector for two terms

Nov. 11, 2024

‘A light that continues to shine’: Friends and colleagues remember Flossie Segal, a colorful figure at VCU’s School of Social Work

June 18, 2024

Joseph Seipel, who helped transform VCU and Greater Richmond through the arts, dies at 76

Feb. 16, 2024

Former VCU journalism instructor Mary Ann Owens is recalled for her passion to the craft and to her students

Jan. 12, 2024

Renowned medicinal chemist, mentor and lyricist of VCU alma mater Lemont Kier dies at 93

Dec. 18, 2023

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

Nov. 14, 2023

Pam Parsons, ‘a relentless champion’ for community health, dies at 67

March 29, 2023

George Nan, former head of VCU photography, dies at 88

March 27, 2023

Col. Herb Watson, a ‘legend’ in nurse anesthesia education, dies at age 94

Jan. 6, 2023

Cindy Jackson, who oversaw VCU’s Comic Arts Collection, dies at 53

Oct. 19, 2022

John Moeser, ‘advocate for a more just society’ and VCU urban studies trailblazer, dies at 79

March 11, 2022

‘We lost a giant in both science and humanities’

Jan. 20, 2022

In memoriam: Dan Dean, former chief of the VCU Police Department

Jan. 19, 2022

John Oehler, pioneering former dean of the VCU School of Education, has died

Dec. 13, 2021

In memoriam: Hermes Kontos, former School of Medicine dean and CEO of VCU Health System Authority (shared from VCU Health News)

Nov. 12, 2021

In memoriam: Walter Lawrence Jr., founding director of Massey Cancer Center

Oct. 21, 2021

In memoriam: Rodney Harry, former president of the VCU African American Alumni Council

June 4, 2021

Thomas Barker, first dean of VCU College of Health Professions, dies at 90

May 24, 2021

In memoriam: Philanthropist and alum Dorothy Pauley. She ‘carried an air of happiness everywhere she went.’

May 20, 2021

In memoriam: Colleagues remember Danny Woodward, avid runner who led executive communications at VCU