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By providing data on vaccine inequities and acceptance, VCU researchers hope to contribute to the global effort to predict and mitigate the impacts of current and future pandemics. (Getty Images)

VCU team receives National Science Foundation grant to investigate vaccine inequity and acceptance

Oct. 30, 2023

With expertise in behavior science, math and other fields, the MAVEN project aims to boost public health in the post-pandemic era.

Students in a VCU Votes class recently held an event to familiarize students with the voting process. (Photo by Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

A ‘VCU Votes’ class is organizing an array of activities on campus to encourage student voter participation

Oct. 27, 2023

Students in political science course are familiarizing first-time voters with the process, securing pledges to cast ballots and more.

Two VCU professors earned prestigious Maximizing Investigators' Research Awards intended to enhance “scientific productivity and the chances for important breakthroughs.” (Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

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.

Paloma Rodriguez, a social work major, hopes to focus her research on Latine and Black young adults and the factors that affect their mental health. (Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

How I found my research: Paloma Rodriguez Saucedo seeks to study the toughest challenges that underrepresented communities face

Oct. 25, 2023

Rodriguez Saucedo, a social work major, believes that “research is an always-evolving process. There will always be new questions and ways to help people.”

Karen Kester, Ph.D., favors hands-on, active learning. “I tell my entomology students that my goal is to change how they see the world,” she said. (Allen Jones, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

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.

Donald Sutherland in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978).

What’s your favorite scary movie? A horror film watch list for October.

Oct. 23, 2023

From "Candyman" to "The Wizard of Oz"(!), VCU students, faculty, alums and staff share hair-raising recs for the spookiest of months.

3-D printed cilia sensors have the potential to be used in a number of industries, ranging from prosthetics to manufacturing. (Photo by Jeff Kelley)

3D-printed hairs: Ph.D. candidate, professor developing tiny sensors to detect flow and environmental changes

Oct. 20, 2023

Uses could include surgical robots that better detect minute changes in pressure or temperature, industrial machines that measure air or water flow, a robot that reads braille, or debris detection on a highly sensitive camera lens.

A new award, which will be given annually, honors VCU faculty members who were nationally or internationally recognized for exceptional accomplishments during the course of their current evaluation period. (Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU announces first class of faculty scholars honored for ‘exceptional accomplishments’

Oct. 11, 2023

National/International Recognition Award will reward faculty members who personify the uncommon excellence that can be found across VCU.

The class Sustainable Community Development, part of the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU, developed story maps in partnership with descendant and community groups associated with Barton Heights and Woodland cemeteries. (Contributed photo)

VCU students’ online story maps highlight the history of Richmond’s Barton Heights and Woodland cemeteries

Oct. 10, 2023

The project was developed in close partnership with groups of descendants and volunteers associated with the two historic African American cemeteries in Richmond.

At the VCU Rice Rivers Center, VCU students and faculty conduct field research that yields impactful discoveries. (Photo by Chris Gough)

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.