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The Ultra Low Temperature Freezer Initiative uses a 10-degree adjustment to give the university major savings of energy and money. (Photo by Amelia Heymann, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU’s new Green Labs program mixes science and sustainability

Nov. 20, 2025

From deep freezers to chemical storage, a focus on safety and smart savings is reducing environmental impact.

Students including Blake Jocuns traveled around Central Virginia to conduct interviews at polling locations throughout the day. (Contributed photo)

Journalism and political science students had Election Day covered

Nov. 20, 2025

Collaboration between the Robertson School and the Department of Political Science offered real-world training at the polls.

To provide additional therapeutic support to patients struggling with addiction, Jarrod Reisweber, Psy.D. (left), developed a program where they can slip on a VR headset and enter a calming virtual space any time they need it. (Allen Jones, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

He is putting addiction therapy in the hands, and headsets, of patients

Nov. 20, 2025

Jarrod Reisweber’s self-directed virtual reality program extends the impact of professional care.

VCU professor Devon Walker-Figueroa’s new poetry collection, “Lazarus Species,” features an assortment of forms, including ghazals, sonnet crowns, sestinas, villanelles and a pantoum, among others. (Contributed photo)

Devon Walker-Figueroa embraces the ‘odd bird’ that is ‘Lazarus Species,’ her new poetry collection

Nov. 18, 2025

Exploring modern themes, classic forms and wide-ranging inspirations, the VCU English professor creates a ‘network of conversations … all across time.’

IBé Crawley, who spent 30 years teaching K-12 in Virginia schools, is part of the African American doll and puppet makers community and the African American Craft Alliance, as well as various book arts collectives. She also founded the IBé Arts Institute. (Contributed image)

Meet-a-Ram: IBé Crawley still adding creative chapters to her life story

Nov. 14, 2025

A half-century since she started at VCU, she continues to blend education, art and community.

Split header: In her new book, VCU author Olivia Landry explores 21st-century films that put into focus the challenging reality of mothering. (Contributed images)

Olivia Landry’s new book explores motherhood through the lens of modern film

Nov. 12, 2025

In ‘Cinema of Crushing Motherhood,’ the VCU professor sees a new feminist sensibility.

VCU biology major Selah Porter works with Carol Bourne, a patient in the Department of Kinesiology’s Renal Rehab program. (Photo by Jonathan Mehring, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU research in action: Offering a leg up to patients with chronic kidney disease

Nov. 7, 2025

Rooted in science, the exercise-based Renal Rehab program prepares vulnerable patients for kidney transplants and supports their ongoing recovery.

Stephen R. Adkins, a VCU alum, is chief of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe. (Photo by Pat Jarrett, Virginia Humanities)

Chief of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia to speak at VCU

Nov. 6, 2025

The Nov. 18 event, ‘On Native Ground: Virginia Native Nations, Sovereignty, and Persistence,’ features Stephen Adkins and is part of the VCU Provost Lecture Series.

Fourth-year sociology major and VCU men’s soccer star Moussa Ndiaye credits his formative years with nine older siblings for his competitive edge. (VCU Athletics)

VCU soccer star Moussa Ndiaye is made for the moment

Nov. 5, 2025

From Senegal to Richmond, the fourth-year sociology major and stalwart defender takes advantage of his opportunities everywhere he goes, head coach Dave Giffard says.

From the onset of mass incarceration in the early 1970s to the 21st century, a new book, compiled and edited by David Coogan, brings together accounts from figures including political activist Assata Shakur, journalist Wilbert Rideau, and author and death row inmate Jarvis Jay Masters. (Contributed images)

Prison writing tells an American story of mass incarceration

Nov. 3, 2025

VCU author David Coogan’s new collection highlights perspective from behind bars.