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In ‘breaking’ traditional office hours, VCU is helping students succeed
Nov. 13, 2023
The new approach – “student hours” – in VCU’s Science Hub in the new STEM building is being embraced by students and faculty alike.
Snake species named after VCU professor
Nov. 2, 2023
The pit viper now known as Trimeresurus uetzi is named after VCU professor Peter Uetz for “his invaluable help to herpetologists.”
With potential for drug development, treatment of cancer and other diseases, VCU professors’ projects earn national award
Oct. 27, 2023
Alattin Kaya and Brian Fuglestad are the first VCU faculty members to earn Maximizing Investigators’ Research Awards.
Biology professor, ‘Bug Lab’ director Karen Kester retires after 26 years
Oct. 25, 2023
In scientific knowledge and student development, the insect evolutionary ecologist has made a lasting impression as a researcher, teacher and director of the Bridges to Baccalaureate program.
It’s Earth Science Week. Explore how VCU’s ‘river campus’ prepares students for careers in earth sciences.
Oct. 9, 2023
Faculty members and a student reflect on their experiences at the VCU Rice Rivers Center and what makes it such a powerful resource for the university and the community.
Career readiness for students is the goal for VCU’s new College-to-Career Blueprint
Oct. 6, 2023
The program, launched this year in collaboration with nine departments in the College of Humanities and Sciences, will make career conversations, experiential learning and internships a more seamless part of students’ experience.
Peer Academic Coaching lets VCU freshmen learn from the wisdom of fellow students
Oct. 5, 2023
Campus Learning Center’s new program targets first-semester connections that promote academic and personal success.
VCU awarded $3 million from the NIH to continue research training of students underrepresented in the sciences
Sept. 21, 2023
Two renewed grants, which support undergraduate and graduate students in pursuing biomedical and behavioral research, highlight VCU’s national standing.
Welcome to the Ramily
Sept. 13, 2023
Get to know a few of this year’s roughly 8,000 new students who add to VCU’s diverse and expansive community.
With talent ranging from the lab to the stage, VCU senior sees a future in medicine and mental health advocacy
Sept. 5, 2023
Madison Cruz has mixed research, patient care, volunteer work and even the Miss Virginia pageant in her undergraduate experience.