- High-five! Record tally of sports program grads join VCU AthleticsCenter for Sport Leadership caps its 25th year with a full handful of Ram hires.
- Summer program steels students for demanding health sciences studiesVCU’s Summer Academic Enrichment Program has a proven history of giving undergraduates a critical boost toward pursuing doctoral degrees in dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and physical therapy.
- Neural networks: How mentorship shaped two neurologists’ careersMore than a decade after they met, Emma Parolisi, M.D., and Kelly Gwathmey, M.D., reflect on how mentor-mentee relationships have impacted their journeys.
- Recent VCU grad Emma Cummings is bonding, and banding, with the birdsIn Yellowstone this season, the National Park Service staffer is powered by a lifelong interest in nature and avian ecology lessons from the Rice Rivers Center.
- Five recent graduates receive prestigious Fulbright awards for the 2025-26 academic yearThe selections continue VCU’s upward trend of honorees in the federal cultural exchange program.
- Learning at the intersection of OB-GYN and addiction treatmentThrough early clinical exposure and innovative curriculum, the OB MOTIVATE clinic prepares physicians to deliver compassionate care to pregnant and postpartum patients with substance use disorders.
- Family ties, including a father’s illness, propel a son’s research journeyVCU biology major Nic Carwile finds special resonance in his prestigious summer internship in Germany.
- Alexis Washington is sporting experience from the TV studioFramed by summer internships, the broadcast journalism student will help VCU Athletics in the fall.
- What to wear at VCU? Depends on what you’re studyingTwo VCUarts students who styled looks representing wide-ranging academic majors share insights from the process – and some fashion advice, too.
- Nursing students use art to explore psychiatric-mental health topics in innovative final projectAs part of a class project, students made art to explore complex mental health topics, turning classroom concepts into powerful visuals rooted in empathy and clinical understanding.
- How did VCU students help Virginia protect health data? By making ‘noise.’The School of Business team partnered with the behavioral health department to facilitate research while safeguarding individual privacy.
- Love in a packing box? VCU Brandcenter students collaborate with advertising pros.The production master class helps bring spec scripts to life in partnership with Richmond creative companies.
- Stars of the show: Trained actors bring simulated medical scenarios to lifeAt VCU’s Center for Human Simulation and Patient Safety, standardized patients use their theater backgrounds to help medical students practice both clinical and communication skills.
- Medical student investigates rare surgical complication that changed her grandfather’s lifeAlex Erling’s grandfather lost his leg to a post-operative infection. She wants to understand why and prevent it from happening to others.
- VCU students embrace the call of the wildTwo recent environmental studies courses reflect how hands-on learning – sometimes far from campus – is at the heart of the new School of Life Sciences and Sustainability.
- VCU undergraduates visit the halls of power to advocate for pancreatic disease research and fundingA showcase for state lawmakers led to an even bigger opportunity for Yatri Patel and Anusha Soni: representing a national coalition in advocacy before Congress.
- Richmond’s historic Pump House ‘works’ again, thanks to VCU and VRCollaborating with a nonprofit, engineering and arts students use virtual reality to transport visitors to the Byrd Park utility’s heyday.
- VCU awarded $2.3 million grant to support Pell-eligible studentsThe funding is part of a state initiative to provide educational and career aid to undergraduates in the federal program.
- Luke Johnson wants to prepare for the worstJohnson, a medical student, co-authors a study examining how to train aspiring anesthesiologists – like him – for the daunting prospect of an operating room blackout.
- Class of 2025: Briany Cruz returned to VCU to make social work even more impactful at homeNow with her master’s degree, she wants to further serve Hispanic communities and support affordable housing for Virginians.
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