RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * With another STARS Gold achievement recognized, the new ONE VCU Sustainability Plan will strengthen the commitment of the university and health system. * * * In recognition of its sustainability achievements, Virginia Commonwealth University has again earned a STARS Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. STARS - the Sustainability Tracking, As more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * He earned two degrees at VCU and 'was truly representative of what this institution stands for,' President Rao said. * * * Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao, Ph.D., released the following statement about the passing of William M. Ginther, a former rector of the VCU Board of Visitors: "Bill was a passionate and accomplished VCU alum who cared deeply about his alma mater. Bill more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Part of a VCU Police team that de-escalates situations, Smith has received a regional Valor Award for engaging the shooter in the 2023 tragedy outside the Altria Theater. * * * By Jake Burns, VCU Police Seconds after the gunshots rang out, a panicked crowd was running toward Denise Smith. Among them: the shooter. It was June 6, 2023, and Richmond's Huguenot High School had just more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * As vice president, the innovator of pharmaceutical and medical technologies has fostered dramatic growth in VCU's renowned research enterprise. * * * By David Oglethorpe Srirama Rao, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University's vice president for research and innovation, has been named as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors' 2024 class. This prestigious distinction recognizes Rao more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Since 2007, VCUarts professor Susie Ganch has taken her ethical metalsmithing show on the road - and now has an online store. * * * By Lydia Dodd Can jewelry change the world? "I do think you can change minds - one mind at a time," said Susie Ganch, an associate professor of metals in Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts. In 2007, Ganch and colleague Christina Miller founded R more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * Austin started their career as a Spanish medical interpreter and was inspired by the nurses around them. This prompted a career switch, aided by VCU. * * * By Haley Tenore One day, Virginia Commonwealth University nursing student Haley Austin worked with a young neurodivergent patient who was struggling to adjust to an inpatient hospital stay. The patient's mother had experience more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Earning her Ph.D. in the School of Dentistry's Philips Institute, the researcher is targeting a prominent issue - inflammation - that is a menace beyond the mouth. * * * By Amelia Heymann Hannah Lohner has always been interested in ... teeth. "I wanted to be a dentist when I grew up when I was younger, so I was already interested in the mouth and teeth and everything to do with it," said the na more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * Findings from groundbreaking research could forge a path for new treatments that are able to target tumors in the first, most curable stages of disease. * * * By Blake Belden, VCU Massey Cancer Center A group of scientists at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center have revealed a new genetic code that acts like a cancer ringleader, recruiting and deploying a gang of tumor cells  more PR