RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Civil Rights Trail trip is historical and personal for VCU students The summer journey from the Department of Political Science is experiential learning and, for senior Alexandra Hardesty and others, a reinforcement of passion. * By Joan Tupponce Walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, Alexandra Hardesty thought about civil rights leader John Lewis, who tried with hundreds  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * VCU Libraries' new sensory room serves neurodivergent students Their input was key in developing the versatile study space in Cabell Library, which has many features that can be tailored to individual needs. * VCU Libraries has opened a new sensory room this semester at James Branch Cabell Library. This type of space, which is becoming increasingly popular in academic libraries, is designed for more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 16 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * VCU professor awarded two grants totaling $3.6M to help build the behavioral health workforce VCU's Primary Care Psychology Training Collaborative serves both patients in need and future counselors. By Haley Tenore With the pandemic's shadow continuing to hang over mental health for all ages, a Virginia Commonwealth University psychology program will use two recent federal grants to expand pro  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Christina Philips embraces her move from learner to mentor in orthodontics Philips, who graduated from the School of Dentistry and completed her residency at VCU, has brought a knack for imaginative, out-of-the-box thinking to a faculty role at her alma mater. By Mackenzie Meleski, School of Dentistry The journey of Christina Philips, D.D.S., at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of De more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 16 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Nelson Wikstrom, longtime professor of political science, dies at 85 The former department chair co-authored a leading textbook on intergovernmental relations. By Sian Wilkerson Nelson Wikstrom, the political science educator, researcher, author and public speaker whose Virginia Commonwealth University career spanned four decades, died Aug. 20 at age 85. Wikstrom, Ph.D., began his teaching car more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * School of Social Work adds mental health offerings The undergraduate minor and graduate certificate launch this fall to address growing demand. By Sian Wilkerson Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Social Work is expanding its mental health offerings - including a new undergraduate minor and a graduate certificate - to propel students and professionals as demand for services grows. "T more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * VCUarts alum Aprille Zammit makes waves back home in Malta The 2016 graphic design graduate has promoted printmaking and explored her underwater artistic passion. By Drew Thompson Aprille Zammit would come to Virginia every year to visit her grandparents, and during those visits in her youth, she discovered her love for the arts, which is now rooted in her homeland of Malta. The tiny Southern  more PR