RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Oct. 6, 2026 Dance lessons for AI? VCU's Kate Sicchio links choreography and computers The VCUarts professor and two partners are using a Convergence Team Planning Grant to explore how bodily movement can be expressed in algorithms that drive technology. By Liz DeFluri Kate Sicchio may never have discovered her love and talent for integrating dance with technology had an injury not sidelined her. She was pursuing a bachelor's degree in dance a more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Oct. 6, 2026 Popular TikTok docs have big influence on Gen Z followers, new VCU research finds School of Business marketing professor Suzanne Makarem says physician-influencers may carry more impact than a follower's own doctor, and 'that should give us pause.' By Laura Stassi Young adults following physicians on TikTok consider them more accessible, credible and altruistic than their own doctors, even when the physician-influencers ar more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 6 -- VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, Richmond, Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12754160 B2, initially filed Aug. 29, 2022) developed by Xuewei Wang, Henrico, Virginia, and Nafesa Adil, Chantilly, Virginia, for "Self-calibrated electrochemical sensors." more PT