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Recent VCU grad Emma Cummings is bonding, and banding, with the birds
July 24, 2025
In Yellowstone this season, the National Park Service staffer is powered by a lifelong interest in nature and avian ecology lessons from the Rice Rivers Center.
Five recent graduates receive prestigious Fulbright awards for the 2025-26 academic year
July 23, 2025
The selections continue VCU’s upward trend of honorees in the federal cultural exchange program.
Her mission: Clearing the air about the hidden danger in vapes
July 14, 2025
Mold? Nail polish remover? VCU forensic toxicologist Michelle Peace is unearthing what’s truly inside the unregulated products that are billed as alternatives to smoking.
Gabriel Summer Institute helps high school students uncover their roots
July 9, 2025
The VCU program explored Richmond’s Black history and taught genealogy research skills.
Family ties, including a father’s illness, propel a son’s research journey
July 8, 2025
VCU biology major Nic Carwile finds special resonance in his prestigious summer internship in Germany.
Robert Sims, an architect of VCU’s Spanish studies, retires after a half-century
July 3, 2025
The School of World Studies professor influenced countless students – and donated thousands of books to VCU Libraries.

Chris Gough appointed director of the VCU Rice Rivers Center
July 1, 2025
Gough is a biology professor and graduate program director in the School of Life Sciences and Sustainability.
Psychologists urge an end to labeling antisocial traits as ‘dark’
June 30, 2025
A VCU professor and colleagues argue in a scholarly article that the term is stigmatizing, misleading and problematic.
Alexis Washington is sporting experience from the TV studio
June 30, 2025
Framed by summer internships, the broadcast journalism student will help VCU Athletics in the fall.
VCU undergraduates visit the halls of power to advocate for pancreatic disease research and funding
June 12, 2025
A showcase for state lawmakers led to an even bigger opportunity for Yatri Patel and Anusha Soni: representing a national coalition in advocacy before Congress.