Studying the dynamics of how this protein changes between active and inactive states could be key to understanding how it infects the body.

While the rest of the university went remote, these employees continued showing up to keep things running during the coronavirus pandemic.

Nearly 40% of students who graduate from the university arrived as transfer students. “Our transfer students are a big part of making us who we are.”

A paper by VCU researchers published in Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery highlights a need for greater testing, the paper’s lead author says.

Bonds with mentors and classmates have helped prepare new family medicine physician Danielle Austen as she and her fellow medical school graduates step “into a very real situation.”

Events encourage open discussions to improve perceptions of police. “The outcomes we want are more peaceful interactions between law enforcement and the general public they serve.”

There has been little change in the U.S. labor market since late April, according to a report by economists from Virginia Commonwealth University and Arizona State University.

VCU faculty saw that community health care workers needed protective gear and designed a one-piece full-body suit that they hope groups could mass produce.

Public relations and advertising faculty have received a grant to examine how digital media messaging could more effectively promote public action to improve the river’s water quality.

Three graduate students from the VCU School of Nursing traveled to New York and Seattle to work at facilities besieged by the COVID-19 outbreak. They share their experiences.

In a forthcoming paper in The Lancet, a VCU psychology professor says such training should be grounded in a clinical translational framework to address racial and ethnic disparities in health care.

The Virginia Public Relations Award is the second in two years for students in the Robertson School’s Agency course, a capstone class that provides PR support to Richmond-area organizations.

The institute is part of a new partnership that has been awarded a $354 million U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contract to prevent domestic shortages of critical medications.

VCU has awarded nearly $350,000 in funding to 31 COVID-19 related research proposals

Dipankar Bandyopadhyay has earned the Gertrude M. Cox Award from the Washington Statistical Society and RTI International.

This new phase will be just as challenging as the shutdown, health experts and business leaders say. “The psyche of business owners and consumers is very fragile right now.”

Leading and creating systems of compassion results in better care, according to a VCU College of Health Professions expert in a recent paper.

McMillan, who came to VCU in 1979, played a leading role in shaping the School of Education’s “standards of excellence in teaching, advising and mentoring.”

As researchers worldwide work on potential vaccines, Guizhi “Julian” Zhu has pivoted to focus on how one could be delivered — without people even needing to leave home.

The Board of Visitors will hold an electronic meeting on Friday, June 5 to include the budget workshop to discuss the fiscal year 2021 budget.

Soon, clinics across the state will have access to interpreters, physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, dietitians, social workers, and more through Zuhayr Shaikh’s growing network.

Tools that help people recovering from addiction get through their day-to-day lives are largely applicable during this time of social isolation.

Economists at VCU and Arizona State University are meeting a nationwide need during the coronavirus pandemic by publishing labor market data weeks ahead of the federal government.

The study conducted by VCU researchers sheds light on the mechanisms underlying the formation of “successful” psychopaths.

The university is offering nonexclusive, royalty-free licensing to hospitals and industry partners to use or manufacture VCU’s COVID-19 related inventions and products.

The online sessions are free and open to the public and will cover topics including safely reopening businesses and health disparities during the pandemic.

A VCU class, Digital Media Strategies for the COVID-19 Crisis, is helping people learn how to effectively communicate in unprecedented times.

The scholarship provides funding for undergraduate and graduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests that are underrepresented in study abroad.