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Sunday, June 13, 2021

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VCU received its fifth grant from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund, which creates partnerships between universities to provide students with access to new exchange and training programs to be better prepared for today’s workforce. (University Marketing) [View Image]

VCU awarded 100K Innovation Fund grant for teacher training in STEM education

VCU’s Global Education Office and School of Education will work with Universidad El Bosque in Bogotá, Colombia, to bolster STEM education for Colombian and U.S. students.

A pop-up bicycle boulevard in Berlin. (Getty Images) [View Image]

Cities worldwide took space for cars and gave it to people during the pandemic. Will it stick?

From slow streets to parklets, quick retrofits of public (and sometimes private) space rapidly expanded in response to COVID-19. While some changes are temporary, others could become permanent.

A classroom full of students and an instructor. [View Image]

VCU earns Diversity Champion recognition for second year in a row

Virginia Commonwealth University has earned the honor of Diversity Champion from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

Why this shot matters to me [View Image]

Why this shot matters to me

VCU students and employees — and members of the Richmond community — share their hopes for the end of the pandemic, and why the COVID-19 vaccine matters to them.

Silhouette of "Rumors of War" outside the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. [View Image]

Making the invisible visible

VCU students are learning the concept of disruption through the art of Kehinde Wiley at the VMFA as well as the transformation of the Robert E. Lee Memorial to Marcus-David Peters Circle.

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VCU awarded 100K Innovation Fund grant for teacher training in STEM education

VCU’s Global Education Office and School of Education will work with Universidad El Bosque in Bogotá, Colombia, to bolster STEM education for Colombian and U.S. students.

6/10/2021

Head shot photos of Michael Portillo, Julissa Martinez, Panth Doshi, Joanna Rivera, Joe Siejak, and Mehwish Safdar. [View Image]

Students get REAL

Six students share their hands-on learning experiences at VCU and what they got out of them.

6/9/2021

A pop-up bicycle boulevard in Berlin. (Getty Images) [View Image]

Cities worldwide took space for cars and gave it to people during the pandemic. Will it stick?

From slow streets to parklets, quick retrofits of public (and sometimes private) space rapidly expanded in response to COVID-19. While some changes are temporary, others could become permanent.

6/7/2021

A classroom full of students and an instructor. [View Image]

VCU earns Diversity Champion recognition for second year in a row

Virginia Commonwealth University has earned the honor of Diversity Champion from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

5/28/2021

VCU student wearing a mask inside the library [View Image]

Are masks and quarantining things of the past?

New guidance from the CDC leads to some exemptions from public health measures for fully vaccinated VCU students and employees.

5/19/2021

Why this shot matters to me [View Image]

Why this shot matters to me

VCU students and employees — and members of the Richmond community — share their hopes for the end of the pandemic, and why the COVID-19 vaccine matters to them.

5/17/2021

A recent performance of the VCU Health Orchestra. [View Image]