RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: Cristina Stanciu, Ph.D., director of the Humanities Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been elected to the advisory board of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes. The prestigious international forum strengthens humanities centers through advocacy, grant-making and inclusive collaboration. The CHCI advisory board provides intellectual leadership that propels collaborat  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Five projects get Commercialization Fund awards from TechTransfer and Ventures, which helps campus inventions reach the marketplace. * * * By Jeff Kelley When allergy and asthma sufferers use nasal and oral inhalers to treat their conditions, they hold the devices differently. And the way in which the drugs spray throughout the airways varies from one person to the next. In fact, much of the me  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Nicol Tinsley, Global Education Office Virginia Commonwealth University will celebrate Study Abroad Day on Monday, Feb. 26, a day designed to highlight the benefits of international education and its lasting impact on students, campuses and the global community. Study Abroad Day builds on the annual International Education Week in November, and for VCU's Global Education Office, the day is an opport  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Brian McNeill VCU Libraries' Open and Affordable Course Content Initiative supports Virginia Commonwealth University faculty members who eliminate textbook costs for students by transitioning to open educational resources or library content. For the fall 2023 and spring 2024 semesters, across 414 course sections with student enrollment of 23,262, the students have saved $2.1 million they otherwise wo  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * As more patients seek treatment for alcohol-related illnesses, VCU School of Medicine faculty discuss findings that 'no level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health.' * * * By Grace McOmber, School of Medicine At the beginning of this year, approximately 21% of drinking-age adults in the United States reported they were committed to observing "Dry January" by abstaining from alco  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Dina Weinstein Deep in the archives of James Branch Cabell Library, two documents - one a blurry carbon-copy from 1965, the other a journal article from two years later - manage to both give voice to and disguise Charlotte Anne Wynn Pollard. In a folder labeled "Desegregation and Nursing Schools," the documents are part of the archived papers of Edward H. Peeples Jr. (https://vcu.primo.exlib  more