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True RAMances
Feb. 10, 2023
VCU is a place where you can form uncommonly strong bonds. Just ask these four couples who met here.

Thanking Our Teachers
Feb. 9, 2023
The impact of a great teacher on a student is immeasurable; just ask the students below. Through their dedication to their field, their students and their community, teachers – professors, advisers, mentors, teaching assistants – can leave an impression that lasts long after the semester ends. We’d like to give a shoutout to those in VCU’s College of Humanities and Sciences who continue to guide and inspire our students. Break out the tissues!
NSF director visits VCU and calls it one of the U.S. universities that ‘matter for the future’
Feb. 7, 2023
NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Rob Wittman spent Monday at VCU seeing how VCU is advancing science and innovation and helping to expand diversity in STEM.
An overview of 2023 Black History Month events and activities at VCU
Feb. 3, 2023
February’s lineup includes a wide range of opportunities for students, staff, faculty and the community.
Faculty, staff discuss the ‘perplexing, exciting and scary’ implications of AI, such as ChatGPT, on campus
Feb. 3, 2023
University developing resources for using artificial intelligence technology in the academic setting. “It’s going to change every aspect of the university,” one panelist said.
Transdisciplinary Environmental Research Incubator funds four new research collaborations
Feb. 2, 2023
“The incubator will soon become a model for future research collaborations across the university,” said Cristina Stanciu, Ph.D., director of the Humanities Research Center.
VCU professor Cristina Stanciu on her new book, ‘The Makings and Unmakings of Americans’
Jan. 26, 2023
A cultural history of Americanization, the book draws from an archive of Indigenous and new immigrant writing and visual culture.
Officers who defended the Capitol during Jan. 6 insurrection recall their experiences
Jan. 23, 2023
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Danny Hodges describe the front lines of the 2021 riot at the Capitol and their feelings about those involved.
Art Is Afoot
Jan. 20, 2023
Inspired by social media, Jaden Mitchell, a sprinter on the VCU track and field team, started making sneaker art. Now his painted kicks are worn by NBA and Olympic stars.