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VCU School of Pharmacy auction raises funds for student scholarships
A benefit art auction has raised nearly $11,000 for VCU School of Pharmacy student scholarships. A selection of watercolors by School of Pharmacy Dean Victor Yanchick was auctioned Feb. 3 at the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences. Lisa Schaffner, public relations and marketing director for UNOS, served as auctioneer.
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VCU Health System Named a Top 10 Nonprofit for Female Executives
The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) this week named VCU Health System as one of the NAFE Top Nonprofit Companies for Executive Women. (2/10/12)
VCU School of Pharmacy auction raises funds for student scholarships
A benefit art auction has raised nearly $11,000 for VCU School of Pharmacy student scholarships. A selection of watercolors by School of Pharmacy Dean Victor Yanchick was auctioned Feb. 3 at the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences. Lisa Schaffner, public relations and marketing director for UNOS, served as auctioneer. (2/10/12)
VCUarts Professor wins National Art Education Award
Pamela G. Taylor, Ph.D., associate professor and former chair of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts Department of Art Education, has been named the 2012 Ziegfeld Award recipient sponsored by the United States Society for Education through Art (USSEA). (2/10/12)
Call for Nominations: 2012 Presidential Awards for Community Multicultural Enrichment
Nominations are due by Feb. 27. (2/9/12)
The Informed Consumer – Understanding Benefits and Risks of Screening Tests
JAMA article co-authored by VCU expert (2/9/12)
VCU Study Suggests Use of Managed Care Plan for Uninsured May Significantly Reduce Costs, Emergency Department Visits
The cost of caring for the uninsured population who will gain coverage through the Affordable Care Act of 2014 can be reduced by almost half once the act is implemented, according to a new study from Virginia Commonwealth University researchers. (2/8/12)
VCU Study: Antisocial Personality Disorder Influenced by Two Areas of Genetic Risk
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified that genetic risk factors for antisocial personality disorder are due to two distinct genetic dimensions of risk, as outlined by the DSM-IV criteria, and not solely by one genetic factor. (2/7/12)
Virginia Communications Hall of Fame to Induct 14
Print and broadcast journalists and managers, corporate and advertising executives, educators and a noted photographer are among the 2012 inductees into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame (2/7/12)
Are You the Ultimate Ram?
Show your spirit and love of VCU for a chance to win tickets to the CAA Tournament (2/6/12)
Theatre VCU Presents 'The Elephant Man'
Casey Biggs has been on campus this semester serving as director of Theatre VCU’s production of “The Elephant Man,” which opens Friday. Biggs is a veteran TV, stage and film actor who has directed a number of professional productions in New York and Los Angeles, among other locales. (2/6/12)