Faculty Research News
‘A painful chapter in our nation’s history’: New class to shed light on Indigenous boarding schools
Aug. 3, 2021
The course will examine the traumatic histories at the schools in the United States and Canada, where thousands of Native children lost connections with their cultures, languages and families.
Graphic novel illustrated by VCU professor tells the story of ‘The Day the Klan Came to Town’
Aug. 2, 2021
The comic is a fictionalized retelling of a community’s resistance to a violent march of thousands of Ku Klux Klan members in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.
VCU forensic science instructor appears on ‘Forensic Files II’
Aug. 2, 2021
Retired FBI examiner and adjunct faculty member Carlo Rosati was featured on the episode “The Orange Shorts.”
VCU wetlands research will help improve models that predict global climate change
July 29, 2021
A project at the Rice Rivers Center fills a unique gap because it will capture data from a source that is both tidal and freshwater, which is “rare in tidal regions because of proximity to saltwater.”
The subject of a VCU student and professor’s new comic? The world’s oldest ham.
July 16, 2021
The one-page comic gives the Isle of Wight County Museum “another way of telling the story of Smithfield hams.”
Analysis of school lunches suggests federal nutrition standards should be maintained, or strengthened
July 15, 2021
A new study led by VCU researchers examined nutrient composition of what children chose and what they actually ate through the National School Lunch Program.
Armed with a ruler and a $1M grant, a VCU professor studies functional trait variation in plants
July 15, 2021
Biology professor Catherine Hulshof’s research, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to help predict the responses of species and ecosystems to climate change.
VCU students learn about immigration and the border firsthand
July 9, 2021
A service-learning trip to Arizona benefits students and the migrant community at Casa Alitas.
$1.4M grant will support free behavioral health services to underserved youth
July 6, 2021
The grant will expand VCU’s Primary Care Psychology Training Collaborative with a focus on rural and low-income minority youth and their families.
A VCU-led study conducted early in COVID-19 could help confront the next health crisis
June 30, 2021
The newly published study involved a survey in March 2020 about how the public would respond to CDC-recommended actions amid the emerging pandemic.