Faculty Research News
VCU professor featured in Sky News documentary on British monarchy’s links to slavery
July 1, 2022
History professor, who studies slavery and the British royal family, shares details of its involvement in the slave trade and the impact in former colonies today.
Getting to know Q
June 24, 2022
VCU’s Q Collective provides opportunities for members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Exploring strategic connections between populism and the debate on pipelines
June 9, 2022
In his new book, VCU assistant professor Kai Bosworth looks at the theory of populism and how it relates to the world today.
Professor says war crimes investigation in Ukraine could take years
June 3, 2022
“It’s critical to find both the physical, testimonial, and the documentary evidence of war crimes,” said Tal Simmons, who has examined evidence at multiple scenes, including in Sri Lanka and the former Yugoslavia.
New book on captivity in literature offers ‘a very different picture of England’ in 1600-1700s
June 1, 2022
Catherine Ingrassia, a VCU English professor, is the author of ‘Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750.’
From theory to practice: New stable, magnetic superatom could power innovations in nanomaterials
May 18, 2022
Developed by VCU, Columbia and Harvard researchers, the structure of this superatom could serve as a building block for the creation of new materials for semiconductors, microchips, cellphones and more.
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.
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.
VCU chapter of National Academy of Inventors inducts eight faculty researchers
April 13, 2022
The university’s research enterprise is growing stronger because of a ‘culture of collaboration’ that benefits people and changes lives, said VCU President Michael Rao.
VCU researcher awarded three-year grant for tobacco investigation
April 11, 2022
The study will be the first of its kind to develop an equity-centered road map focused on eliminating tobacco-related inequities among Black tobacco users.