Faculty Research News

A team of VCU researchers is working with school divisions in a project supported by a nearly $1.5 million grant from the Virginia Department of Education. (Getty Images)

VCU researchers partnering with public schools on math education

March 2, 2026

The team includes faculty from the School of Education and the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics.

VCU math expert Allison Moore specializes in knot theory, which explores the properties of closed curves in three-dimensional spaces. (Getty Images)

VCU expert Allison Moore unknots the complexity of one of civilization’s oldest ideas

Feb. 18, 2026

The mathematics associate professor specializes in knot theory, an advanced math concept that appears in everything from topology to religion.

Religion and spirituality power annual lecture series from new VCU hub

Feb. 16, 2026

The Center for the Study of Global Religions and Spiritualities encourages a broader understanding of world culture.

Nostalgic pastimes – like looking at old photographs – can increase gratitude and overall well-being, according to new VCU research. (Getty Images)

If you want to feel gratitude in your life, embrace nostalgia, VCU research finds

Feb. 4, 2026

Wistful memories – from a reunion, a song or even a daydream – strengthen a sense of social connection, which drives thankfulness.

Cristina Stanciu, director of the Humanities Research Center at VCU, is a leader in Indigenous and multiethnic literary studies. (File photo)

Cristina Stanciu’s visiting professorship in France deepens VCU’s global humanities reach

Jan. 28, 2026

The director of the Humanities Research Center will spend a month at Université Bordeaux Montaigne.

VCU historian Brooke N. Newman’s new book reveals the untold truth behind the British royal family’s centuries-long involvement and investment in slavery. (Contributed photos)

Slavery was ‘foundational’ to the British monarchy, VCU author Brooke Newman reveals

Jan. 27, 2026

In her new book, ‘The Crown’s Silence,’ the history professor uses thousands of archival records to detail the royal ties to the transatlantic slave trade.

VCU researcher Matthew C.T. Hartman and his team are fighting cancer at the molecular level as part of their work in chemical biology. (Contributed photo)

VCU researcher using $2M in new grants to explore cancer chemical biology

Jan. 22, 2026

The lab of Matthew Hartman is working toward molecules that could help drugs target disease-linked proteins.

VCU’s research expenditures cross $500 million for first time, ranking 46th nationally for fiscal 2024

Dec. 29, 2025

The top 50 placement for the fourth straight year among public universities reflects the growing impact of VCU’s research and innovation enterprise.

At VCU, impactful innovation follows multiple paths

Dec. 19, 2025

Here is how researchers turn inventions into ventures — and why industry and government are taking notice.

To provide additional therapeutic support to patients struggling with addiction, Jarrod Reisweber, Psy.D. (left), developed a program where they can slip on a VR headset and enter a calming virtual space any time they need it. (Allen Jones, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

He is putting addiction therapy in the hands, and headsets, of patients

Nov. 20, 2025

Jarrod Reisweber’s self-directed virtual reality program extends the impact of professional care.