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Internationally recognized biographer Christopher A. Brooks' newest release, “Tales of Koehler Hollow,” highlights the true story of Amy Finney, a formerly enslaved Black woman, and her descendants. (Photo contributed by Christopher A. Brooks/Book cover contributed by Unsung Voices Books)

VCU professor Christopher A. Brooks’ new book explores the Black Appalachian experience

July 15, 2024

In ‘Tales of Koehler Hollow,’ the anthropologist and biographer uses a family’s long history in Southwest Virginia to connect slavery, identity and legacy.

Student Tamara Eddy learned canoe skills on the third day of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Footprints on the James class this summer. Sitting in the front of a canoe, Eddy ran one of her first white water rapids at Powhite Ledges. It can be seen upstream from the Powhite Parkway. The image was taken with a GoPro mounted on the bow of the boat. (Photo: James Vonesh)

Footprints on the James continues to make a deep impression on VCU students

July 10, 2024

With the river as a classroom, the monthlong experiential learning program marks a decade of combining undergraduate research, teamwork – and plenty of paddling.

Dace Svikis' research has focused on reducing health disparities in maternal and infant birth outcomes.

VCU women’s health researcher Dace Svikis honored by the Rosalind Franklin Society

July 9, 2024

The Special Award in Science recognizes her recently published work on peripartum care for Black women.

Now in its third year, the VCU Breakthroughs Fund has supported more than 30 projects through investments totaling nearly $6 million. (Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU Breakthroughs Fund provides grants to 10 more faculty-led projects that pursue transformative innovation

July 2, 2024

Health, equity, sustainability and the human experience are the driving forces for transdisciplinary teams that target society’s grand challenges.

Shawn O. Utsey appointed chair of AFAM

July 1, 2024

Utsey has served as acting chair of the department since September.

Andrew Crislip appointed chair of history

July 1, 2024

Crislip currently serves as the Blake Chair in the History of Christianity within the Department of History.

Alice Winn’s debut novel, “In Memoriam,” is “dazzling and wrenching, witty and wildly romantic,” according to Lev Grossman. (The photo on the right is by Jamie Ting)

Alice Winn wins the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for ‘In Memoriam’

July 1, 2024

Author will be featured at public event on campus on Nov. 19.

“What we wanted to do was open the eyes of high school students to careers in science, and to issues within their own community that they might not have been aware of,” VCU professor Tal Simmons said of the East Marshall Street Well Project curriculum. (Kevin Morley, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

New curriculum brings East Marshall Street Well Project to high school classrooms

June 27, 2024

Focusing on the ethical treatment of human remains, the program was developed by VCU professors and students to highlight history, science and community engagement.

Napping can have wide-ranging benefits, as long as you do it right. (Getty Images)

Is napping good for you? If you do it the right way, VCU researcher says.

June 26, 2024

Psychology professor Natalie Dautovich offers insight on the midday pick-me-up you might have left in childhood.

Karl Rhodes, author of the novel “Peggy’s War,” is a 1983 graduate of VCU, where he majored in mass communications with a news-editorial concentration. (Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

Meet-a-Ram: Alum Karl Rhodes tells the gripping story of a relative’s role in the underground railroad

June 24, 2024

The former journalist’s novel, 'Peggy’s War,' is a deeply researched account of Peggy Rhodes, who concealed Southerners who refused to fight for the Confederacy in the Civil War.