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Iresha Picot started a cycling group for Black women and girls in Philadelphia, and it quickly grew in popularity. She also teaches bike maintenance and bike cycling classes because she said, “I want the women to feel like cyclists.” (Contributed photo)

Meet-a-Ram: Iresha Picot makes a mark from mental health to media, from self-care to cycling

Aug. 26, 2026

The 2007 alum has established deep roots and a wide footprint in Philadelphia.

The entrance to Auschwitz I. As an intern with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, Michael Farfan worked in Block 24, the brick building directly to the left. (Photo by Michael Farfan)

Michael Farfan explores history in the heart of inhumanity at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Aug. 25, 2026

The VCU senior embraced his summer internship at the Holocaust memorial and museum in Poland.

Shift Education Lab seeks to address a critical opportunity: moving from traditional forms of instruction to more innovative methods that prepare learners to be scientifically literate and to thrive in a modern technological society. (File photo)

Shift Education Lab brings innovation to the evolving K-12 landscape

Aug. 24, 2026

From STEM to study abroad, the VCU hub embraces creativity and collaboration with community partners.

The goal of VCU’s new AI literacy course is to give students the tools to make informed choices without giving up their privacy, judgment or creativity. (Getty Images)

New AI literacy course takes VCU students behind the screen

Aug. 21, 2026

The interdisciplinary offering helps them ‘evaluate what AI produces and make informed choices.’

During a research internship with the St. John’s Church Foundation, Lena Nagle She examined historical records, vestry records and inscriptions on headstones and created educational content, including a presentation on the first Church Hill tunnel collapse of January 1873. (Dean Hoffmeyer, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

Lena Nagle explores the grim and the grand of Richmond history

Aug. 20, 2026

The VCUarts senior, who embraces the city’s colorful past, spent a summer research internship delving into St. John’s Church.

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Nearly 50 VCU faculty honored for their research and teaching

Aug. 20, 2026

The 2026 NIRA and PEIA awardees elevate VCU’s reputation and the student learning experience.

Isra'a Nour, a 2015 VCU graduate, serves as a program manager for Open Society Foundations. (Contributed photo)

Meet-a-Ram: Isra’a Nour’s humanitarian work is rooted in her VCU anthropology and biology courses

Aug. 19, 2026

The 2015 graduate, powered by her service in Sudan, now works in the U.S. to support human rights, equity and justice.

Melody Ngo with medical student Sarah Lewicki and Adolfo Mauro, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. Ngo worked on a research project this summer with Lewicki and Mauro. (Dean Hoffmeyer, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU summer program propels undergraduate student's research

Aug. 18, 2026

Biology major Melody Ngo embraces how the Honors College and Wright Center offer ‘a crash run in what it is like to work in a lab day to day.’

Physics major Jazlyn Lopez Silva spent her summer learning how to manufacture and 3D print a new material for biomedical devices. (Jake Burns, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

Undergraduate researcher Jazlyn Lopez Silva targets better medical implants

Aug. 14, 2026

The physics major is developing a 3D-printed, conductive polymer in the lab of VCU nanoscientist Daeha Joung.

Maya Cureton

Five questions with health, physical education, and exercise science major Maya Cureton

Aug. 13, 2026

Cureton wants to take a holistic approach to her health science career