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With ‘storytelling via woodworking,’ VCUarts alum Raul De Lara connects styles, cultures and a creative personal journey

The sculptor won a significant award this year that funded a life-changing trip to Mexico, where his artistic roots power his mix of traditional and modern techniques.

Student success

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Led by VCU, the inaugural Virginia Government Simulation gives college students an exercise in engagement

Research & discovery

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How I found my research: Moira Neve studies visions of a queer utopia as described in an early 20th-century journal

Student success

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Chemistry major Ava Beaudin embraces the lab and the language

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cRam Session: The New Good Death

3 questions, 2 minutes, 1 lesson with Amy Tudor, whose course brings life to dying – and how our practices and perspectives have evolved.

Research & discovery

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VCU receives $6 million from Department of Defense to study treatment for long-term concussion symptoms

Student success

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How I found my research: Aditya Kotha is exploring if some medications can be repurposed to treat other ailments

Research & discovery

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VCU’s Spit for Science, the largest genetic and environmental study of college students in the U.S., is expanding

Arts & culture

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Meet-a-Ram: VCUarts alum Sophia Li brings style to storytelling about the climate

University news

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VCU rises to No. 69 in U.S News & World Report’s new ranking of the nation’s top public universities

Research & discovery

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Author Christopher Brooks looks at two pandemics – HIV and COVID – in latest book