RICHMOND, Virginia, May 22 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Hit by a cyclist, VCU professor has a 3D brainstorm Bernard K. Means, director of the Virtual Curation Lab, turned his CT scan into a skull model that could offer lots of creative opportunities. By Sian Wilkerson High-tech anthropologist Bernard K. Means' research has spanned everything from the last Genuine Smithfield Ham and the Connecticut vampire to Ice Age megafauna. But, after a recent inci more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 22 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Inger Rice, whose vision and support helped establish the VCU Rice Rivers Center, dies at 96 The Richmond-based philanthropist's initial gift of 342 acres along the James River has bolstered life sciences education at VCU. By Sian Wilkerson Philanthropist Inger Rice, whose generosity left a lasting mark on Virginia Commonwealth University and the Richmond community, died May 10 at age 96 in her h more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 22 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * An avenue of scholarship support A friendship forged among VCU School of Medicine alumni on Monument Avenue has grown into a scholarship that encourages future physicians to follow their calling. By Hayley Roulston Virginia Commonwealth University's Monument Avenue Scholarship launched in 2009 from a friendship that began decades ago on the fourth floor of the Warner Hall dormitory, in the classr more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 22 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * New public health summer program introduces students to critical but 'invisible' career In an immersive experience, participants will work through a simulated foodborne illness outbreak while learning the vital role public health labs play for communities. By Kyra Newman Behind every disease outbreak investigation, every newborn screening and every environmental safety test, there's a laboratory  more PR