With thanks to the National Arbor Day Foundation and its Tree Campus USA program sponsored by Toyota, a record was made with 290 trees planted at the Virginia Commonwealth University Inger and Walter Rice Center. These trees were predominantly planted...
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The Virginia Commonwealth University Office of Sustainability is excited to host the first event in a new Sustainable Academics speaking series next Thursday, February 23 at 7 p.m. in the Kontos MSB auditorium. International economic advisor, acclaimed author, and senior...
Virginia Commonwealth University has received a $1 million gift from the MeadWestVaco Foundation to develop a laboratory space at the VCU Rice Center dedicated to understanding the science of rivers and the environment. The donation will help a new laboratory,...
It's not every day you meet a Division I star athlete with a knack for research.But then it seems that Ludmila Francescatto can manage anything she sets her mind to. The former captain and outside hitter for the Virginia Commonwealth...
The Virginia Commonwealth University Rice Center has received a grant from Altria to fund an innovative program to provide an educational experience for park visitors and local school systems that is focused on the ecology of the James River. The...
After 85 years of being impounded, the Kimages Creek is once again a free-flowing stream, representing completion of a critical stage of a significant wetland and stream restoration along the lower James River in Charles City County.On Sept. 28, Virginia...
New alumna Naffisatu Conteh (right) with her cousin, Maria Mansaray, a VCU student. In May, at the age of 23, Naffisatu Conteh graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with her master's degree in Environmental Studies, and this fall she'll be...
