RICHMOND, Virginia, May 1 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following statement on April 30, 2024, by President Michael Rao: * * * Dear VCU Community, Yesterday's events outside of Cabell Library remind us of the complexities we face as a university committed to free speech, safety and operating our university. While our community cherishes the right to peaceful protest, setting up structures on our campus lawn violated our policy. Our staff respectfully and repeatedly asked ind  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 1 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Brian McNeill Senior officials from the U.S. Department of Education visited Virginia Commonwealth University on Friday to hear how VCU is innovating to close equity gaps and improve higher education access and student success, particularly among transfer and STEM students. "We're doing some uncommon things here, and it's making an impact," said Hernan Bucheli, Ed.D., interim vice president for Strateg  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 2 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By William Lineberry, University College & Honors College Four Virginia Commonwealth University students and two recent alums have been selected for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, a prestigious national initiative that helps graduate students advance their studies in STEM-based disciplines. The five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support,   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after the law enforcement's response to protests on the Monroe Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University: "We have witnessed Americans exercise their First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly on college campuses across the country to protest the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and humanitarian crisis in Gaz  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 2 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Dina Weinstein Fifty years in the making, the ties of fraternity remain strong within the Virginia Commonwealth University Chapter, the Eta Xi [view symbol in the link at bottom] of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. But there's a poignancy, too, that comes with time, and on April 20 - during the African American Alumni Council Reunion Weekend - its significance was set in stone. A colorful granite monum  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 1 -- Progress Virginia, an advocacy organization that combines online organizing and communications with earned media strategies, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Progress Virginia stands in solidarity with the protesters at Virginia Tech, University of Mary Washington, and Virginia Commonwealth University who were arrested, tear-gassed and threatened by armed law enforcement officers for engaging in their Constitutional rights of free speech and free  more

ORONO, Maine, May 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Having grown up in a multilingual family, Melissa Cuba knows firsthand what school is like for students who have multifaceted identities and come from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. As an assistant professor of special education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, Cuba's research focuses on a particular subset of multilingual learners -- those with disabi  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 2 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By William Lineberry, University College & Honors College Alyssa Sievers wants to help people the way she was once helped. After invasive knee surgery that followed a dance performance injury during high school, Sievers was enrolled in physical therapy. The PT did more than help her recover - it intensified her previous interest in health care, and she realized she wanted to become a physical therapist.   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 1 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Amelia Heymann Sheila Hernandez-Rubio grew up in Stafford County as a first-generation immigrant, and as a child that meant translating for her parents - from filling out legal documents to acting as an interpreter at medical appointments. "I always knew that I either wanted to become a doctor or a lawyer, just because of how I was raised and the things that I saw growing up," Hernandez-Rubio said. "So  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 1 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following statement on April 30, 2024: * * * VCU upholds and protects free speech. On Monday, individuals set up encampment structures that impacted campus operations, safety and violated our Reservation and Use of Space policy (summary below). University staff and police respectfully and repeatedly asked individuals to comply with policies throughout the day. After the tents and structures went up, officers provided fou  more