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VCU News Newsletter for 2026-06-19 ( 2 items )  
Initiative to Reduce Food Waste, Increase Composting at VCU and VCU Health (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, June 19 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * New initiative to reduce food waste, increase composting at VCU and VCU Health The Food Rescue and Composting initiative aims to reduce an estimated more than 120,000 pounds of food waste. By Brian McNeill The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality recently awarded researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University a $1.04 million grant to launch a coordinated initiative to reduce food waste across VCU and VCU Health. The grant will fund act more PR

Radiation-resistant Coating Developed by VCU Engineer Will Protect Future Artemis Astronauts (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, June 19 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Radiation-resistant coating developed by VCU engineer will protect future Artemis astronauts Arvind Agarwal worked with NASA to create a flexible, durable material for spacesuits and spacecraft - and his invention will splash back down on Earth in August. By David Pulgar, VCU College of Engineering Outside the protective field of Earth's outermost atmospheric layer, the magnetosphere, lies an invisible cascade of danger. Ionizing radiation from more PR