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‘Diversity drives excellence’ at 2022 PACME ceremony
April 27, 2022
“Each PACME winner is an exemplar of the power of relationships and how, when we honor our relationships, we create something that is bigger than ourselves,” Aashir Nasim, Ph.D.
VCU Demo Day to showcase student entrepreneurship, innovation
April 26, 2022
Six teams will pitch their ideas in an effort to gain financial awards to advance their products to market.
For centuries, Two-Spirit people had to carry out Native traditions in secret. Now, they’re ‘making their own history.’
April 25, 2022
History professor Gregory Smithers’ new book, “Reclaiming Two-Spirits,” centers the narrative of Two-Spirits in their role as keepers of knowledge.
![Erika Misseri is developing an app that will help voters see who's donating to their local candidates' campaigns. "You could pull up, for example, the mayor [of your local community] and see his stockholdings, if he has them, who he is married to, his recent tweets, his vote history, who’s donating to him based on what industry they’re in and who else [those donors] are donating to," she said. (Allen Jones, University Marketing)](https://news.vcu.edu/image/2BBBD413-AD28-4E8D-A9F1-F61960CD3EAB/tn)
Undergraduate co-founds, leads nonprofit to give U.S. voters easier access to info on local candidates’ campaign finances
April 22, 2022
Now building an app for her nonprofit, Erika Misseri credits a VCU course that ‘changed her life’ for encouraging her to pursue research.
Class of 2022: Kendall Gehring is driven to solve cold cases with forensic anthropology
April 22, 2022
“I’ve always loved puzzles,” says Gehring, who has had two internships with the FBI and has been a leader in VCU’s Department of Forensic Science.
VCU will host State Department officials for panel on global conflict
April 18, 2022
Panelists will explore how data can be used to understand, predict, address and prevent tensions around the world.
Class of 2022: One conversation led to exciting research projects and ‘a new passion’
April 18, 2022
“I’m not sure that I’d even be the person I am today if I had not done this research. It changed my way of thinking,” said Steph Cull, who graduates in May.
Class of 2022: Gabriel Thomas is a TV journalist who’s passionate about serving the community
April 15, 2022
‘It's not just her natural curious nature and inquisitive spirit … it's that she truly wants to make a difference in the world.’
A longtime military officer and historian returns to VCU
April 15, 2022
Michael Lynch, Ph.D., receives the 2022 Graduate Alumni Achievement Award from the Department of History.
How do bones change in outer space? This chemistry major is doing research to find out
April 14, 2022
Lovell Abraham’s hard work earned him a VCU Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program fellowship and an award in last fall’s undergraduate poster symposium.