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Powerhouse professor Mychal Smith is one of the world’s strongest men
April 3, 2024
Smith, a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, balances his time in the classroom with an unlikely hobby: amateur strongman competitions.
VCU students, faculty document oral history of the East Marshall Street Well Project
April 2, 2024
The Health Humanities Lab, a research lab at VCU’s Humanities Research Center, is conducting the project in collaboration with the Family Representative Council.
Potential TikTok ban is a high-stakes threat for its young user base and beyond, VCU professor says
March 29, 2024
The Robertson School’s Joshua Smith hopes lawmakers consider other approaches amid security concerns tied to the social media app.
First public event from VCU’s Memory Studies Lab features prominent history scholar Edward Ayers
March 28, 2024
The April 2 symposium highlights the wide-ranging aspects and ramifications of how we interpret the past.
How I found my research: Jennoa Fleming studies the small wonders of the rock pools to understand our future on Earth
March 27, 2024
Fleming has been researching the rock pools of the James River since she was a high school student. ‘Ecology is where I truly belong,’ she said. ‘I can’t imagine doing anything else.’
Here’s what you should know about the upcoming eclipse
March 25, 2024
Ahead of its April 8 arrival, VCU physics professor sheds light on one of the wonders of astronomy.
VCU alum and NBC White House correspondent Aaron Gilchrist shares insight with students
March 22, 2024
Returning to campus for a Q&A, the 2003 mass communications graduate touches on the ongoing value of journalism and its engaging mix of stress and fun.
In new book, Daryl Cumber Dance chronicles her ties to revered author and VCU colleague Paule Marshall
March 15, 2024
Photo memoir by retired English professor documents a friendship and legacy that the ‘truth warriors’ nurtured for decades.
At presidential election forum, VCU political analysts frame Biden-Trump rematch in familiar terms
March 15, 2024
‘Civil Discourse’ event featured professors John Aughenbaugh, Alex Keena and Allie Reckendorf, who emphasize voter turnout and party mobilization.
VCU professor uses 3D to bring life – and accessibility – to upcoming museum exhibit
March 14, 2024
Bernard Means and his Virtual Curation Laboratory are re-creating mastodon fossils for a historic Baltimore museum’s tactile display, along with a new comic that puts the ‘Mouse’ in the house.