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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.”
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.
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.
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.
Teri Stockham: Godmother to the CSI generation
Feb. 15, 2023
The forensic toxicologist is helping students find success in an ever-changing field
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.