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At Faculty Convocation, President Michael Rao, Ph.D., said VCU faculty’s embrace of interdisciplinary inquiry and cross-departmental solutions creates an environment that supports their work as researchers, practitioners – and especially as educators. (Jonathan Mehring, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

43rd annual Faculty Convocation celebrates seven VCU educators and researchers

Aug. 21, 2025

Honorees represent the School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, College of Humanities and Sciences, and University College.

VCU will hold its 43rd annual Faculty Convocation on Aug. 20. (File photo)

Faculty Convocation will honor seven VCU educators and researchers

Aug. 18, 2025

The 43rd annual ceremony on Aug. 20 celebrates outstanding teaching, scholarship and service.

Sunwoo Kim conducted migraine research with Joseph McClay, Ph.D., through the Honors Summer Undergraduate Research Program. (Jonathan Mehring, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU summer program puts two heads together for migraine research

Aug. 18, 2025

Undergraduate Sunwoo Kim and School of Pharmacy professor Joseph McClay explore genetic angle to debilitating headaches.

Ancient teeth discovered by VCU researcher Amy Rector and colleagues shed new light on humanity’s early roots. (contributed photo)

Ancient teeth lead VCU researcher to new human ancestor

Aug. 13, 2025

Working in Ethiopia, fossil finder Amy Rector helps add another branch to the ‘bushy tree’ that reflects our evolution.

The Blackbird team is exploring new ground with the launch of the Blackbird Literary Podcast, which offers a multidimensional experience designed to bring each page to life. (Contributed photo)

Blackbird literary journal team launches multidimensional podcast

Aug. 13, 2025

Through performative readings and music composition, the new format brings the written word to life.

Anne de Marcken is the author of the novel “It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over.” (Photo by Nina Subin)

Anne de Marcken wins the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for ‘It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over’

Aug. 11, 2025

De Marcken will receive the prize, which is now in its 24th year, during a public event at VCU on Nov. 5.

In a new virtual lecture series, VCU’s Grace Gipson explores the Afrofuturism movement’s evolution as well as its many forms and contributors. (Contributed photo)

From fashion to funk, virtual lecture series explores Afrofuturism

Aug. 8, 2025

In a six-part exclusive on Audible, VCU’s Grace Gipson gives shape to how a movement has influenced our culture.

Burhan Buttar served an internship this summer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, an academic medical center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (Contributed photo)

Burhan Buttar deepens his interest in medical career with internship at Wake Forest

Aug. 7, 2025

Buttar is exploring different paths for where his pre-med track could take him. His recent internship was focused on dermatology and gave him invaluable experience.

Students from the NASA Student Airborne Research Program flew missions across Virginia this summer to support the agency’s Earth science goals. (Milan Loiacono, NASA)

NASA student scientist training program takes flight at VCU

Aug. 6, 2025

Undergraduates from across the country landed on campus this summer for the Student Airborne Research Program, hosted by VCU’s College of Humanities and Sciences.

Bashar Hauter, Kashaf Baig, Oniya Smith and Naeem Ahmed are among the VCU students taking part in the Summer Academic Enrichment Program this year. (Contributed photo)

Summer program steels students for demanding health sciences studies

Aug. 4, 2025

VCU’s Summer Academic Enrichment Program has a proven history of giving undergraduates a critical boost toward pursuing doctoral degrees in dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and physical therapy.