- Biotech startup with strong VCU ties wins prestigious state grant for its DNA analysis toolPhysics professor and Massey researcher Jason Reed co-founded Evizia to propel scientific breakthroughs and improve patient outcomes.
- What is the impact of cellphones in schools? The answer requires dialing into the details.VCU School of Education researcher Jesse Senechal outlines complexities in the debate – and the importance of teachers’ voices.
- The VCU Humanities Research Center to mark 10th anniversary with weeklong program in SeptemberIn realms such as health, the environment and memory studies, VCU’s universitywide hub has launched multiple labs for interdisciplinary research.
- Christa Mathieu’s research-based internship strengthened her interest in health careThe VCU senior, who is majoring in health services, worked in a lab at the University of Pittsburgh this summer as part of her pursuit of a career in dentistry.
- VCU Libraries to preserve footage from Civil Rights Movement in RichmondFilm and audio, including of Black Panther Party activities and student protests, will be archived through funding from a larger ‘Recordings at Risk’ program.
- VCU team has designs on a game-changer in women’s cancer treatmentThe customizable radiation device for uterine and cervical cancers highlights VCU’s innovation ecosystem.
- VCU Rice Rivers Center sturgeon specialist takes his expertise from the James River to the U.K.Matt Balazik led a research team assessing two rivers that offer hope for reintroducing the historic and endangered ‘royal fish.’
- Air Force awards $1.8M to VCU startup to advance development of drug treating massive blood lossPerfusion Medical, based on professor Martin Mangino’s research, could soon start clinical trials.
- Undergrad Aleah Nguyen embraces the chance ‘to write my own story’ in pediatric cancer researchThe rising junior in VCU’s Honors College participated in a summer program that paired her with a School of Medicine researcher.
- VCU youth homelessness expert M. Alex Wagaman is tapped for federal advisory roleThe School of Social Work professor is bringing direct voices to a fast-moving project from the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.