Can the principles of product design help students navigate college life? At Virginia Commonwealth University, that concept ­– life design – is expanding across campus, with programs that now even ...

Henry Hertzler’s family and friends knew he was destined to be an engineer, but he did not realize it until his passion for spacecraft and rocketry manifested in 2021. At Virginia Commonwealth ...

Legislation that impacts or discriminates against transgender and gender-diverse individuals can cause more psychological distress than personal experiences of discrimination, according to new ...

For decades, intense pain has been a burden that shapes the lives of people living with sickle cell disease, and when Wally Smith, M.D., arrived at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1991, the ...

Virginia Commonwealth University and the Central Virginia Veterans Affairs Health Care System have received a five-year T32 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National ...

The Grant Academy, a flagship professional development program designed to turn ambitious research ideas into competitive funding proposals, has surpassed over $106 million in awarded project funding ...

Students in Gregory Donovan’s creative writing classes at Virginia Commonwealth University often heard him say “the sleeping student learns nothing,” meaning let’s keep life and learning lively. It ...

Ravi Hadimani, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and director of the Biomagnetics Laboratory, recently received the Young ...

This year, artist, designer and educator Rachele Riley is trading her classroom in North Carolina for the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, one of the world’s top-ranked institutions for art and ...

Biomanufacturing research at Virginia Commonwealth University is getting a boost from the National Science Foundation, which presented Leah Spangler, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of ...

As documentaries, podcasts and other platforms increasingly take audiences deep inside fascinating crimes and mysteries, an audience at Virginia Commonwealth University can explore one this week ...

The Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department was honored this week by the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police as its 2026 Campus Roadway and Pedestrian Safety Champion. The new award is ...