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LatinX Heritage Month feature: Q&A with VCU senior Keyla Marquez Carpinteyro

Sept. 16, 2020

We are very excited to be celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at VCU, which pays tribute to the critical roles Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Spanish-speaking nations surrounding the Caribbean have made to both the United States and the university as a whole.

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National Science Foundation funds will help VCU better train math graduate teachers

Aug. 27, 2020

The grant is part of a collaborative project at three universities to improve undergraduate STEM education across the country by training TAs in engaging, inclusive and equitable instruction.

Angelique James, a sophomore majoring in mass communications in the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture, donates pocket change to a fundraising effort led by her statistics professor, Rebecca Durfee.

Durfee leads students in providing pocket change to help low-income families in a rural Virginia community

Nov. 11, 2019

"I thought, I want to do something. I want to send some money out to Quicksburg and help these teachers provide these families with food and necessities. And then I realized I have 250 students."

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How computer network models could help us better understand our sense of smell

Sept. 12, 2019

A team of researchers from the University of Arkansas, Virginia Commonwealth University and Southern Methodist University has received a $922,531 grant from the National Science Foundation to gain a better understanding of our sense of smell.

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VCU students’ internship will help VDOT better predict oversight costs of local projects

Aug. 27, 2019

The students — Jessica Cooper, Katrina Gauntt, Dani Jabado and Katherine Werner — are interning with the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Local Assistance Division to build a predictive modeling tool for oversight costs of locally administered projects.