- 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.
- VCU introducing minor in AI studies that uses the humanities and sciences as a frameworkStudents can delve into the historical, ethical and critical implications of artificial intelligence.
- Class of 2025: Jada Hargrove went viral for holding something more precious than her diplomaThe VCU School of Nursing graduate – and her infant son – became stars on social media after commencement.
- Class of 2025: Nawaf Tamim expands artistic lens and cultural exchange at VCUartsThe kinetic imaging program became a natural extension for the Saudi Arabian student.
- How I found my research: By studying grief, Diane Diaz hopes to transform ‘pain into purpose’Diaz, a doctoral student in the School of Education, said student-researchers should never underestimate the power of their voice ‘to shape what we know and how we care.’
- Class of 2025: Dentistry graduates answer the call to underserved communitiesRachael Marley and Nathan Maloney pledge to help those without access to oral health care.
- Class of 2025: ‘Jack of all trades’ Travis Thomas is well-suited for health servicesThrough TRiO programs including the McNair Scholars, he looks forward to graduate studies and a career focused on the people and processes of health care.
- VCU’s first Student Employee of the Year? She’s completing her first year as a RamEmmy Truong, a transfer student majoring in information systems, serves as a web developer intern in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation.
- Class of 2025: Austin Barnhardt is prepared to provide comprehensive care in rural communitiesBarnhardt, an M.D. graduate, spent a month living on the Navajo Nation, learning the ins and outs of rural family medicine that he will bring to residency in the mountain west.
- Class of 2025: Fashion designer Franchesca Claros-Chavez finds and shares her styleLeaning into her heritage, she envisions spreading a Latinx look.
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