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VCU chemistry professor Mychal Smith, who began doing strongman competitions in 2018, recently attended the Arnold Amateur World Championships, finishing 11th in his group. (Owens Media)

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.

Ana Edwards, an assistant professor of African American studies at VCU, has been interviewing members of the Family Representative Council, including Joe Jones and others who have been connected with the work going back to 1994. (Contributed photo)

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.

TikTok’s algorithm makes the platform stand out, said Joshua Smith, an assistant professor in VCU’s Robertson School of Media and Cultured, with its For You Page bringing users closer to the stuff that matters to them most. (Getty Images)

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.

The Memory Studies Lab is hosting a symposium on April 2, featuring a keynote lecture from Edward Ayers, professor and president emeritus at the University of Richmond. (Getty Images)

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.

Jennoa Fleming, a senior environmental studies major at VCU, researches the James River rock pools, focusing on a small aquatic snail. (Kevin Morley, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

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.’

On April 8, Richmond will get to see its first partial eclipse since 2017. (Getty Images)

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.

During a visit to campus, VCU alum Aaron Gilchrist, White House correspondent for NBC Universal, detailed the rewarding, unpredictable work of being a journalist. (Kevin Morley, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

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.

“Remembering Paule: A Photo Memoir of Her Richmond Years” chronicles the friendship of Daryl Cumber Dance and Paule Marshall, the first tenured Black professors in the VCU Department of English. The photo on the cover was taken in March 1995 at Howard University when Dance and Marshall attended Toni Morrison’s gala establishing The Sterling A. Brown Chair.

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 a March 13 forum, VCU political science professors Alex Keena, Allie Reckendorf and John Aughenbaugh (from left to right) pointed to voter turnout – and mobilizing party bases – as keys to whether President Joe Biden wins a second consecutive term or Donald Trump returns to the White House. (Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

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.

“The Mouse in the Museum” comic follows a mouse residing in The Peale museum. The mouse descends from a long line of mice, including a great-grandmother who lived in the Philadelphia home of Charles Willson Peale, an artist and collector who transformed his personal gallery into a public museum.

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.