Matthias Mann

Electrospray Mass Spectrometry: From Humble Beginnings to Nobel Prize and Saving Lives in the Clinic

Date: Thursday, Apr 23, 2026

Matthias Mann, Ph.D., of the Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Munich, is the John B. Fenn Annual Lecture speaker for 2026.

A group of students hold up a sign that reads #VCUalumni

CHS Pop-In Graduation Celebration

Date: Friday, Apr 24, 2026

Your hard work, late nights, and countless hours of dedication have brought you here — and now it's time to celebrate!

Teaching in the Age of AI: Voices from a Global Dialogue

Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Join the HRC for our final Curriculum Conversations event of the semester, featuring educators from around the globe discussing education and AI.

carolyn eastman

Was the Declaration of Independence Really a Matter of Common Sense?

Date: Monday, Jun 29, 2026

The College of Humanities and Sciences at VCU is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with a new summer webinar series. In this lecture, Carolyn Eastman, Ph.D., reexamines the Declaration of Independence in the context of the political, cultural, and social forces shaping the revolutionary moment.

michael dickinson

Liberty in a Land of Slavery

Date: Monday, Jun 15, 2026

The College of Humanities and Sciences at VCU is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with a new summer webinar series. This lecture by Michael L. Dickinson, Ph.D., examines the central contradiction of the Declaration of Independence.

Ryan Smith

From "Nature's God" to "Divine Providence": Faith and the Founding of the United States

Date: Monday, Jun 1, 2026

The College of Humanities and Sciences at VCU is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with a new summer webinar series. This lecture by Ryan K. Smith, Ph.D., explores the role of religious faith in the founding of the United States and what the revolutionaries meant by terms such as "Nature's God" and "Divine Providence."

sarah meacham

Reluctant Revolutionaries: From Loyal Subjects to Fledgling Citizens

Date: Monday, May 18, 2026

The College of Humanities and Sciences at VCU is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with a new summer webinar series. This lecture by Sarah Hand Meacham, Ph.D., explores the surprising loyalty of many colonial Americans before the Declaration of Independence.