Newsroom
Class of 2021: Isaiah King’s love of medicine leads to a new passion for research
March 23, 2021
King’s experiences with the student organization Black Men in Medicine gave him the support and freedom to pursue his own path. Up next: A fellowship program at the National Institutes of Health.
VCU Publishing seeking contributions to ‘Imagining Black Futures in Richmond’
March 16, 2021
The online anthology aims to reveal legacies of harm and envision new futures.
VCU P.R.I.M.E. empowers underrepresented students interested in health care careers
March 10, 2021
The student- and staff-initiated group identifies traditional barriers and develops strategies to help peers overcome them.
Historian to discuss how women of color transformed the suffrage movement
March 9, 2021
An event with author Cathleen Cahill will examine how Native American, Chinese American, African American and Hispana suffragists challenged women’s inequality and fought against racial prejudices.
Discovering new voices at the VPM + ICA Community Media Center
March 9, 2021
The center, which helps students and Richmonders create podcasts, is a forum for community storytelling, and a way to “find new voices that we need to hear.”
Former PACME recipient’s student activism led to a career pursuing equity in higher education
March 7, 2021
“The experiences and mentors I had really spurred me into the career trajectory that I’ve taken,” said Eric Williams.
How to fight misconceptions about COVID-19 vaccines
March 3, 2021
A VCU expert in media and health explains how to talk with friends and family members who are hesitant about getting vaccinated.
13 from VCU named Fulbright semifinalists for 2021-22
March 2, 2021
Thirteen VCU students and recent graduates have been named semifinalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2021-22 academic year.
VCU students in the Virginia National Guard reflect on a history-making mission
March 1, 2021
As they return to their studies, the students who were stationed at the U.S. Capitol earlier this winter share details of their experiences in Washington.
Black Lives Matter has ‘dramatically shifted the paradigm’ of how mainstream media covers the news
Feb. 26, 2021
In the nine months since George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer sparked nationwide protests, Black Lives Matter has led to reforms and conversations in mainstream media newsrooms that were once unimaginable, according to a panel of Black Richmond journalists who spoke Thursday at a Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture virtual event.