Virginia Commonwealth University announced today it will join the Atlantic 10 Conference effective July 1, 2012. VCU examined several options, including remaining in its current conference home, the Colonial Athletic Association, and multiple factors led to the decision to...
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During spring commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 12, former U.S. congressman J.C. Watts Jr. told Virginia Commonwealth University's newest graduates that forgiveness, family and friends, generosity and a willingness to be challenged were critical principles to a stable, successful life. Watts,...
President Barack Obama and the first lady spoke at a campaign rally at Virginia Commonwealth University Saturday, May 5 in the second of two college campus appearances to launch his re-election bid for the White House. A noisy crowd of...
With formerly conjoined twins Maria and Teresa Tapia and the rest of their family looking on, Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez Reyna presented pediatric surgeon Dr. David Lanning with the country's highest civilian honor for his efforts to separate the...
Kathleen Graber, assistant professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named a 2012 recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, one of the top awards available to artists in the United States and Canada. Graber, who teaches in the Creative...
The Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Student Association will hold its 15th annual Research Symposium and Exhibit 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at the Monroe Park Campus Commonwealth Ballroom of the University Student Commons. This event is a forum for...
Before a crowd of more than 300 people, Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao and Gov. Bob McDonnell joined Virginia Commonwealth University leaders in launching a $1 million, multiyear campaign to support the new India Chair in Democracy and Civil Society. The...
Alternative Spring Break at Virginia Commonwealth University is a student organization that plans and executes a week-long trip of volunteerism annually during spring break. Each year, Alternative Spring Break at VCU organizes volunteer trips that send more than 90 VCU...
Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao, Ph.D., has provided a new university update.View it here to make sure you're in the know about all things VCU....
Scientists have identified a new compound that rapidly kills hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, the most common form of liver cancer and fifth most common cancer worldwide, while sparing healthy tissue. The compound, Factor Qunolinone Inhibitor 1 (FQI1), works by inhibiting...
Relay For Life at Virginia Commonwealth University is a student-based program that partners with the American Cancer Society to raise funds for cancer research. The program works to raise awareness to the risks and dangers of cancer.The team has been...
Congratulations to the winning couple of the VCU Love contest, alumni Barry and Sumi Lanneau. The Lanneaus were chosen from nearly 20 entries and are the recipients of a $100 gift certificate from Restaurant.com. Contests were asked to submit a...
The Virginia Commonwealth University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting two prospective student information sessions in the D.C. metro area for students who were offered admission to the university for the fall 2012 semester. Alumni are needed to speak one-to-one...
Unity was the theme at VCUQatar Day on the Commons Plaza, where Virginia Commonwealth University students, faculty and staff in Richmond got an idea of what life is like for VCU students and employees at the university's campus in Doha,...
In the early 1950s, Arthur Graham and Margaret Branch Glasgow named the Medical College of Virginia in their estate plan. Their wishes were to advance efforts to cure and prevent cancer and other degenerative diseases. They died soon thereafter. Sixty...
Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao, Ph.D., has provided the public with a university update.View it here to make sure you're in the know about all things VCU....
Show your spirit and love of VCU for a chance to win tickets to the CAA TournamentBookmark and ShareIt's been one year since Virginia Commonwealth University named its inaugural Ultimate Ram and now it's time to name the heir apparent.To...
Cheryl Chesney-Walker, former executive director of the Office of Special Services for Students at Virginia Commonwealth University, died on Jan. 23 in Powhatan. Cheryl Chesney-Walker (center) with VCU Acceleration Program's first cohort of graduates and (far right) David Sarrett, D.M.D.,...
Virginia Commonwealth University's Lobs & Lessons program, a tennis and life skills program that teaches children about tennis, character development and the importance of getting a higher education, was recognized last month by the United States Tennis Association as one...
Continuing its mission to improve survival and the quality of life of critical illness and injury victims, the Virginia Commonwealth University Reanimation Engineering Science Center (VCURES) was recently awarded a $5.57 million grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and...
The Learning Channel will air a one-hour documentary this weekend on formerly conjoined twins Maria and Teresa Tapia of the Dominican Republic and their journey leading up to separation surgery by doctors at Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth...
The VCU and MCV Alumni Associations have purchased more than a thousand personal safety devices to be distributed to students by the VCU Police Department. Leaders of both associations presented the devices to police during an event on Jan. 17...
The Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Judaic Studies has published the 76th issue of VCU's Menorah Review, a quarterly electronic publication devoted to the enrichment of Jewish thought. The publication examines Jewish experience in its varied dimensions and consists...
What began as Shaka Smart's rallying cry for last year's men's basketball team has expanded into a multi-media campaign around the Richmond region. This pride-building awareness campaign began with the iconic image of the team holding up their trophy and...
First lady Michelle Obama visited Virginia Commonwealth University last week to announce an initiative of the country's top medical colleges and universities to create a new generation of doctors, medical schools and research facilities to ensure that service men and...
On Jan. 10, 2012, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint master's student and VCU employee Jack Martin Brandt to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities administration post.Brandt is the disability policy specialist for the Partnership for...
Show your alumni pride by obtaining your personal, complimentary, lifetime e-mail address identifying you as an alumnus/a of Virginia Commonwealth University. By signing up for your @alumni.vcu.edu e-mail address, you also gain access to the powerful tools available through...
The 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly convened Wednesday, Jan. 11. Members are meeting for 60 days this year and the session is expected to adjourn no later than Saturday, March 10, 2012. To view the university's state legislative...
The Virginia Commonwealth University Career Center will host the spring 2012 Career & Internship Fair from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Feb. 8 on the second floor of the University Student Commons. This event targets a variety of majors...
The holiday season is a good time to reflect on the year behind us, and this has been a very successful one for Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Health System. We ushered in a new era and direction with...
Marilyn Tavenner (B.S.'83/N; M.H.A.'89/AHP), Virginia Commonwealth University School of Allied Health Professions alumna, has been nominated by President Barack Obama for principal deputy administrator and chief operating officer centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor unexpectedly...
G. Richard Wagoner Jr., the former chairman and CEO of General Motors, will be the featured speaker at Virginia Commonwealth University's fall commencement ceremony next week. Rick Wagoner Wagoner, who grew up in Richmond and graduated from J.R. Tucker High...
Perfectly blended harmonies and synchronized choreography are some of the qualities that make a musical group successful. However, there are many other factors that launch a group of singers into stardom - one of which is the "X Factor." From...
The Community Foundation program, in its 24th year, recognizes and celebrates outstanding classroom teachers from the Richmond area's public schools. REB Awards present cash grants to teachers to enable them to pursue postgraduate studies, professional training or world travel.Among those...
The Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Human-Animal Interaction is selling 2012 Dogs On Call Calendars to support Dogs On Call and other Center programs at Three Bears Gift Shop, Critical Care Hospital. The Center will sell calendars with its...
Bloomberg Businessweek has ranked the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business part-time MBA program No. 51 in the United States. This is the first time that VCU has been included in the national ranking, which is based on separate measures...
On Nov. 21, Virginia Commonwealth University alumna, Patricia Eck (B.S.'72/N; M.H.A.'81/AHP), received the Papal award, Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal. This award is the highest honor given to a member of a religious community by the Vatican.Read the press...
Shaka Smart, the much admired head coach of the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams men's basketball team, delivers an important message to Virginia high school students in a new public service announcement , telling them, "You are the one who's going...
The Global Education Office at Virginia Commonwealth University is seeking volunteers to host international students on Thanksgiving Day. International students are eager to learn more about American culture, experience the warmth of a home and make American friends.For more information,...
Read the latest periodic update from VCU President Michael Rao, Ph.D.Click here....
A rousing performance by students from Theatre VCU had the capacity crowd on its feet and dancing in the aisles at the Oct. 13 Inaugural Gala celebrating VCU President Michael Rao, Ph.D. More than 350 friends packed the Commonwealth Club...
The 2011 Virginia Commonwealth University Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale runs from Monday, Oct. 24, through Friday, Oct. 2,8 at James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. The sale will be located in the basement, Room B 7.There...
It's said that people's brains have two sides, with the left more logical and the right more creative. Most are usually more adept at using one or the other.But most people aren't Victor Yanchick. Yanchick is dean of the School...
Virginia Commonwealth University will honor a collection of its most accomplished alumni during its Alumni Stars awards program Oct. 21. The Alumni Stars program, which is sponsored by the VCU Alumni Association and the MCV Alumni Association of VCU, recognizes...
On Oct. 14, Virginia Commonwealth University officially installed Michael Rao, Ph.D., as its fifth president in an inauguration ceremony at the Siegel Center.Faculty in academic regalia joined students, staff, alumni and visitors as VCU Rector Tom Snead (B.S.'76/B) and VCU...
Nancy Langston, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, was presented with the Virginia Nurses Association's highest honor for nursing excellence, the Nancy Vance Award, on Sept. 24 during the VNA annual meeting at The...
The Student Government Association on the MCV Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University has set the fifth annual Community Health Fair to benefit the local Richmond community. Be sure to mark your calendar; this event will be held from 9 a.m.-2...
VCU Alumni Association plans to assist with the fall beautification of Richmond Community High School 1:30-4:40 p.m Oct. 22. Volunteers will plant, weed, spread mulch, prune, etc., while working alongside RCHS students, parents, teachers, administrators, Xerox employees, Virginia Commonwealth University alumni and...
More than 800 students at Virginia Commonwealth University receive military benefits. From Nov. 7-11, Military Student Services and the Student Veterans Association have partnered with fraternities Omega Delta Sigma and Eta Lambda Sigma, to sponsor Military Services Appreciation Week in...
The Children's Hospital of Richmond pediatric emergency room received two awards from the Virginia/West Virginia Chapter's 2011 International Interior Design Association for its state-of-the-art, rainforest-themed emergency room. The CHoR project won the "Brightest Idea Award," a prize the judges give...
In honor of the Inauguration of Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao, Ph.D., The Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services, VCU Recreational Sports and University Student Commons & Activities are launching a new tradition -- SportsFest. All registered VCU...
Virginia Commonwealth University will inaugurate Michael Rao, Ph.D., as its fifth president this Friday, Oct. 14, marking the event with activities designed to highlight the urban university's commitment to student success, academic excellence, research and human health.The ceremony will span...
Virginia Commonwealth University is holding a weeklong, universitywide food drive in honor of President Michael Rao's inauguration to benefit FeedMore, the umbrella organization for the Central Virginia Food Bank, Meals on Wheels Serving Central Virginia and the Community Kitchen. In...
Virginia Commonwealth University's Mary and Frances Youth Center program hosted its first Lobs & Lessons Family Open on Saturday, Sept. 17. The inaugural tournament attracted 68 players, more than 50 volunteers and raised $2,400 to support Lobs & Lessons...
In athletics, numbers and statistics are dealt with on a daily basis. Fans take note of assists, shots on goal, rebounds, points and times. However, in the coming month the Virginia Commonwealth University Athletics Department and VCU Massey Cancer Research...
Pound Out Hunger, a universitywide food drive, will take place Oct. 10-17, coinciding with the inauguration of VCU President Michael Rao, Ph.D., and Fall Fest weekend. Help VCU collect 100,000 pounds of protein-rich food to feed 100,000 people. You can help...
The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System was named one of the 2011 Working Mother 100 Best Companies by Working Mother Magazine.This is the seventh time the VCUHS has been included on this prestigious roster, which this year recognizes companies for...
Join by Sept. 30 to receive additional special benefits! Take advantage of special benefits when you join the Virginia Commonwealth University alumni association before Sept. 30. You will receive the 2012 VCU alumni photo calendar as a special thank you, and...
Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao has provided the public with a university update.View it here to make sure you're in the know about all things VCU....
AARP has ranked Virginia Commonwealth University among the top employers for older workers in the United States for the sixth time.VCU placed 37th on the 2011 list of the AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50, which highlights exemplary policies...
At his introductory press conference in April of 2009, head coach Shaka Smart of Virginia Commonwealth University men's basketball unleashed a phrase that has become synonymous with the Black and Gold."HAVOC" is the style of play that Smart and his...
The inaugural Lobs & Lessons Family Open: QuickStart Tennis for Everyone is here! The Lobs & Lessons Family Open serves up to 256 participants in an adult-child doubles tennis tournament that promotes families playing a healthy lifestyle sport together. In...
There are 200 new medical students at Virginia Commonwealth University this semester. These students were chosen from more than 6,450 applications -- our highest number ever, and an incredible increase from the 4,200 applicants to the school in 2005.The selection...
So you think you want to be a doctor?An intensive four-week program answers that question for up to 30 rising juniors and seniors from high schools around Virginia. For a month, they explore their interest in a medical career, getting...
Excited. Nervous. Eager. Those were the emotions felt by the about 3,800 incoming freshman moving into Virginia Commonwealth University's residence halls. New students moved into their dormitories Saturday and Sunday, kicking off VCU's annual "Welcome Week," a series of activities...
Don your black and gold gear as the alumni associations welcome the newest class into the Virginia Commonwealth University family. The annual Ram Spirit Walk is part of Welcome Week and takes the freshman class on a pep band-led march...
Brought to you by Nationwide Insurance® Research shows that traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for children 6-14. Sadly, 56 percent of children killed in traffic crashes weren't properly restrained or were completely unrestrained. We know that...
The Virginia Commonwealth University alumni associations provide several annual student scholarships to fulfill their stated goals of helping current students. In addition, the associations are spearheading the Opportunity VCU campaign to raise $50 million for new scholarships and fellowships. Learn...
The Department of English and the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University announced that "We Don't Know We Don't Know" by Nick Lantz was selected as the winner of the 2011 Levis Reading Prize, awarded in the...
Virginia Commonwealth University, Ohio State University and the University of Michigan have received a grant totaling more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to extend their study of how much heat-trapping carbon dioxide forests of the upper...
Attention Rams fans! Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Athletics has announced a new way to connect its fans to everything that is going on with VCU Athletics! There are so many special events, opportunities and, of course, games, that sometimes...
Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Global Education Office plan to welcome about 320 new and 1,100 returning international students for the fall 2011 semester.The students will represent every continent except Antarctica.International students from more than 83 countries were admitted...
Virginia Commonwealth University student and Chair of the Students Today Alumni Tomorrow Board of Directors, Isaac Rodriguez volunteered for the Hispanic Youth Institute (HYI) Program this year. William Hernandez (top row, left), Richard Campos, Laura Zalles, Katie Paucar, Oscar Jovel,...
During the past 10 seasons, the men's basketball program at Virginia Commonwealth University has claimed the most wins (231), most NCAA Tournament appearances (four), most NCAA Tournament victories (six) and most conference championships (three) among universities in the Commonwealth of...
The Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners has honored two Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing alumni. The Donna Campanella Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Award was given to HoChung Gilles (M.S.'00/N), a family nurse practitioner. Gilles has been active in the Virginia...
During the months of March and April it was tough to find anyone not wearing Black & Gold around the Metro Richmond area. After their beloved Virginia Commonwealth University Rams captured the hearts of the whole nation, the power of...
To engage medical and undergraduate students in infectious diseases issues on a local and global scale, the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine offers a nine-week Summer Student Program in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health Epidemiology. Now in its...
Emmagene Worley, a rising second-year student at Virginia Commonwealth University, was part of a 19-member team of volunteer physicians, surgeons, therapists and med students who traveled with Physicians for Peace to the West Bank, part of the Palestinian territories in...
Officials from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Dammam in Saudi Arabia have signed a letter of interest representing the institutions' intent to collaborate on basic, clinical and translational research relating to science, technology and health care. Francis Macrina,...
There is no summer slowdown at Virginia Commonwealth University as we move forward with the university's new strategic plan, Quest for Distinction. The VCU Board of Visitors approved the plan at its May meeting, and it is full speed ahead...
More than two dozen undergraduate students from Iraq are participating in a summer study program at Virginia Commonwealth University that offers them experience in social media, community engagement, service learning and American culture. The Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program -...
Virginia Commonwealth University's Athletics department has launched a new season ticket referral program for the 2011-12 men's basketball season. The program, called the "Connect Four" Challenge, rewards existing season ticket holders if they refer a customer who buys men's basketball...
In just a over a week, the 2011 USA Basketball Men's World University Games National Team Training Camp will get underway in Colorado Springs, Colo. While the red, white and blue will be the most popular colors of choice, black...
Costa doing a tabletop at a skate park in Sacramento, Calif. Photo by Andy Fitzgerald. Zac Costa is not your average scientist. When he's not in the lab or in the jungles of Panama studying amphibian species unique to...
James S. Coleman, Ph.D., a highly regarded ecology and evolutionary biologist and academic administrator, has been named dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Humanities and Sciences, effective July 15. Coleman currently is vice provost for research and professor...
Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts announces the initiation of The Rebecca Mitchell Tarumoto Short Fiction Prize to be awarded annually. A prize of $2,000 and publication in Blackbird will be awarded to the best work of...
Revelers enjoy last year's Black & Gold Ball Last fall, the Virginia Commonwealth University Athletic Department started a tradition they hope lasts for years and years with the first Black & Gold Ball. Five months after that event, the...
Music stars have the Grammys, movie stars have the Oscars. TV stars have the Emmys and sports stars have the ESPYs. It's an exclusive list that gets to enjoy one of the best night in sports, but the VCU men's...
Menorah Review is an electronic journal dealing with all areas of Judaic culture, distributed without charge via the Internet. The Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Judaic Studies has published the 75th issue of VCU's Menorah Review, a quarterly electronic...
Annie Cheang Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Pharmacy's Annie Cheang received an American Heart Association Mid-Atlantic Grant-in-Aid for about $155,000 for "Oral Contraceptives, Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Risk Profile in African-American vs. Caucasian Women." Tom Comstock, who taught pharmacy,...
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Virginia Commonwealth University's Council for Community Engagement has awarded one-year grants totaling $100,000 to six university-community programs. The Community Engagement grant awards were announced at a reception for university and community partners May 10 at the University Student Commons. Sheryl...
Virginia Commonwealth University boasts three new Boren Scholars. Margaret Cotter, Bertrand (Yohannes) Mpigabahizi and Rachel Sine have been awarded scholarships to study through the 2011 Boren Competition. All three students are members of the VCU Honors College.After receiving the Boren...
Anjali Hari Grant Day Two Virginia Commonwealth University students have been awarded the Goldwater Scholarship, the premier national scholarship for undergraduate math, science and engineering students. Anjali Hari, a junior, and Grant Day, a sophomore, will receive scholarships...
1960sCharles Clark Jr. (B.S.'69/P) was featured in the January 2011 edition of The Spirit, VCU Health System's Department of Human Resources newsletter. He worked in retail pharmacy for 35 years before becoming a pharmacist with VCUHS' Employee Pharmacy. He...
VCU Planning Professor MeghanGough, Ph.D., (left) and CEPT University student Aagya Purohit find a fun and practical way to get around the streets of the Gandhi Ashram. Gough said the different cultural backgrounds created a shared experience for participants....
1940s Dr. William Barney (M.D.'46/M) of Lynchburg on Feb. 21 after a short illness. He is survived by his wife, Vivian Barney (B.S.'51/N). He was 88. Ph.D.Mary Bradley (B.S.'44/N) of Tarboro, N.C., on May 29, 2009. Bradley spent most of...
Barnes & Noble @ VCU Bookstore presents free events and activities for students, alumni and the entire family! 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday: Join Barnes & Noble @ VCU for Storytots, Story Time. This event is perfect for stay-at-home-moms and young children and features readings of several books, a craft activity and a...
Lobs and Lessons, a program based in the VCU Mary and Frances Youth Center, is going live with its first online auction Friday, May 20. Seven items are available, including two tickets for the soldout Davis Cup in Austin, Texas,...
Coach Shaka Smart Just a few days after he was a distinguished guest at the White House Correspondents Dinner, VCU Rams head coach Shaka Smart was being honored on the national stage once again.This time, Smart was named the...
Members of this Validation Transition Team sent a photo from Afghanistan to let members of Psi Chi know the care packagesarrived safely. Members of Virginia Commonwealth University's chapter of Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology, recently collected...
img {padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc; display: inline; margin-bottom: 10px;} Dr. Lenore Buckley (left) & Dr. Beth K. Rubinstein, assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine's Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology. Virginia Commonwealth University's School of...
VCU Libraries presents "Bedpan Elegance," the work of William W. DuBois. A professor in the School of Photographic Arts & Sciences and program chair of Visual Media at the Rochester Institute of Technology, DuBois has collected bedpans since 1978,...
Fran and Jim McGlothin celebrate with Gov. Bob McDonnell their investmentin the School of MedicineIn late April, Virginia Commonwealth University officials and Gov. Bob McDonnell announced a $25 million donation to the VCU School of Medicine by James and Frances McGlothlin. Officials also announced that in recognition of the gift -- one...
Vulcan Materials Co. has donated more than $52,000 of crushed stone to the VCU Rice Center to be used to construct an underwater reef in the James River that will increase the opportunity for spawning success of Atlantic sturgeon. Vulcan Materials...
Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts announces the initiation of The Rebecca Mitchell Tarumoto Short Fiction Prize to be awarded annually. A prize of $2,000 and publication in Blackbird will be awarded to the best...
Coach Shaka Smart Head men's basketball coach Shaka Smart has agreed in principle to an eight-year contract. The agreement comes on the heels of VCU's historic appearance in the Final Four of the 2011 NCAA Tournament."Coach Smart's contributions to the university...
