http://www.news.vcu.edu http://www.news.vcu.edu http://www.news.vcu.edu/images/sublevel/title.gif en-US Copyright 2007 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:51:03 GMT http://www.news.vcu.edu/ The lunchtime crowd along the 900 block of West Franklin Street on Virginia Commonwealth University's Monroe Park campus couldn't help but stop and take notice of a boisterous group of marchers. http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3155 http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3155 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Program designed to enhance the quality of the health care reform debate http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3151 http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3151 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Virginia Commonwealth University da Vinci Center's prototype of a $500 operating table for developing countries stood out in a recent competition in Boston, winning a top honor among 60 entrants that included participants from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3147 http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3147 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Virginia Commonwealth University student "Year of the Environment" celebration attracted a crowd to the VCU Student Commons Plaza. http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3149 http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3149 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Police from VCU, the University of Richmond, the University of Virginia and Bridgewater College took part in "Making Your Campus Safer: Assessing Risks and Liabilities" Nov. 12-13. http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3142 http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3142 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT This year's symposium, "And Diverse Are Their Hues: Color in Islamic Art and Culture, " featured 13 speakers from the Middle East, Europe, Australia and the United States. The symposium, the world's foremost symposium on Islamic art, was co-sponsored by the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, the VCU School of the Arts in Qatar and the Qatar Foundation http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3138 http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3138 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center's forensic nurse team has received the Dream Team Award from the Virginia Chapter of the International Association of Forensic Nurses http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3140 http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3140 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Michael Hindle, Ph.D., School of Pharmacy, presented the optimized inhaler mouthpiece at the 2009 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3121 http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3121 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT A delegation that included two faculty members, a student and an alumna from Virginia Commonwealth University visited the White House to present a briefing on violence against women in Guatemala http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3133 http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3133 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The event was a trial run of a program to promote health in the Hispanic community. The project is expected to grow over the next year into a service-learning initiative that provides screenings and health education on numerous topics. This year's event included screenings for cardiometabolic diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes and heart disease http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3134 http://www.news.vcu.edu/vcu_view/pages.aspx?nid=3134 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT