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Shift Retail Lab will support VCU student innovators and entrepreneurs
Oct. 5, 2021
The 2,700-square-foot lab will provide students with retail and office space, and will serve as a front door to Richmond’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
CDC awards $6M grant to VCU to address youth violence in Richmond and beyond
Sept. 29, 2021
The grant is one of only five awarded nationally and designates VCU as one of the CDC’s Youth Violence Prevention Centers.
NIH awards $2M to study VCU program focused on reducing youth violence amid surge in gun injuries and death
Sept. 23, 2021
The program, Bridging the Gap, provides violently injured patients with a brief hospital-based intervention that aims to prevent retaliatory violence.
For Richmond residents with kidney disease, a new program offers free exercise rehabilitation
Sept. 21, 2021
Renal Rehab, run by VCU’s Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, helps chronic kidney disease and renal transplant patients integrate exercise and improved nutrition into their lifestyle.
Variants, misinformation, vaccine hesitancy: Jeanine Guidry’s work is more crucial than ever
Sept. 20, 2021
Guidry, a VCU professor and researcher, has been studying public health communication for years. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become a topic of international importance.
Around campus: CSI ‘University’
Sept. 20, 2021
As Hispanic Heritage Month begins, it’s important to recognize the diversity within the Latinx community
Sept. 17, 2021
Through her classes, research and public forums, VCU professor Anita Nadal aims to bring more awareness of what it means to be Black and Latinx.
Meet the newest Rams
Sept. 17, 2021
Get to know eight new VCU students and their plans for making the most of their experience.
Bishop Sullivan Lecture Series fall events announced
Sept. 15, 2021
Migrant workers and religion and the body language Catholics use to express devotion will be the focus of the two Zoom events.
Search and rescue group gets training in bone identification with VCU professor
Sept. 13, 2021
Members are trained to look for clothing on bushes or broken tree limbs but don’t have as much experience identifying and documenting human remains.