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Students surprised with special Zoom guest from the show ‘P-Valley’
May 5, 2022
Cherokee Hall shares her experiences with students who are taking a course that explores the Black female voice in television and blends pop culture with real-world issues and problems.
Students pitch promising business ideas to investors at VCU Demo Day
May 5, 2022
Annual event is part of larger emphasis on experiential learning at VCU.
Inaugural ceremony honors global learning and international students
May 3, 2022
Event celebrates students who have pursued the “curiosity and growth” of global learning while navigating the challenges of the pandemic.
VCU expert: FDA proposed ban on menthol cigarettes ‘historic and long overdue’
April 29, 2022
Mignonne Guy, Ph.D., was recently appointed to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee.
Students triumph at prestigious interprofessional case competition
April 28, 2022
CLARION Case Competition focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in health care.
Meet-a-Ram: Jessica Trisko Darden
April 28, 2022
Her background as an international pageant winner gives her a unique perspective on gender in politics.
‘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.