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Fostering student success motivates biology professor Fernando Tenjo-Fernandez as he approaches his 20th year at VCU
Feb. 23, 2023
Enthusiasm from his students encourages Tenjo-Fernandez to find new and innovative ways to keep them engaged.
Detroit community garden founder kicks off lecture series honoring VCU grad who fought for food security
Feb. 23, 2023
Keynote speaker Malik Yakini helped start the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which operates a 7-acre community garden in Detroit.
Ukrainian instructors bring poignant lessons to VCU students from a country at war
Feb. 22, 2023
Ukrainian Politics and Society – a class resulting from a collaboration between VCU and the Kyiv School of Economics – is providing VCU students with powerful insights into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
VCU honors society wins national award for project focused on supporting children with incarcerated parents
Feb. 21, 2023
“Working to improve the lives of children of incarcerated parents from the Richmond community was a perfect way to try to help our community,” said Steph Cull, one of the student leaders of VCU’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi.
First Black Men in Medicine graduate returns for residency at VCU
Feb. 20, 2023
Aspiring gastroenterologist credits the program with opening doors to career in medicine.
Doctoral student wins award to help fund research into gender equity and housing instability
Feb. 20, 2023
Aaron Kemmerer, a Ph.D. student in the School of Social Work, earned one of 13 national awards for his proposal, “Transgender and Gender Expansive Southerners’ Experiences with Housing Instability.”
Addressing social isolation may be key in preventing mass shootings, study finds
Feb. 17, 2023
A forthcoming study in the journal Psychology of Violence examined the psychological crises exhibited by mass shooters leading to their attacks.
Meet-a-Ram: Jayme N. Canty, who researches the South’s impact on Black queer women
Feb. 17, 2023
Canty’s book, “Snapping Beans: Voices of a Black Queer Lesbian,” which is based on interviews with 39 women, will be published by SUNY Press.
VCU history professor receives prestigious MacDowell fellowship
Feb. 16, 2023
During her residency, Brooke Newman will work on her forthcoming book on the historical links between the British monarchy and slavery.

VCU researcher seeks to end the stigma around the “secret club no one wants to belong to”
Feb. 15, 2023
iCubed scholar Kristina Hood wants to help those who endure fertility challenges and pregnancy loss.