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VCU announces appointments of Harry Lyons Chair in Judaic Studies and Powell-Edwards Chair for Religion and the Arts

Aug. 12, 2024

Samuel J. Kessler and Meryl “Mimi” Winick will join the faculty this fall.

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Reverence & Remembrance Exhibit

July 30, 2024

The East Marshall Street Well Project exhibit "Reverence and Remembrance" showcases the hard work and dedication of the team as they explore VCU’s institutional history and racism in medicine.

Twenty-one projects have been awarded funding from the 2024 VCU Quest Fund. (Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU Quest Fund provides grants to 21 faculty-led projects that target society’s biggest challenges

July 17, 2024

Transdisciplinary research teams are pursuing advances in health, engineering, the environment, homeland security and more.

Now in its third year, the VCU Breakthroughs Fund has supported more than 30 projects through investments totaling nearly $6 million. (Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU Breakthroughs Fund provides grants to 10 more faculty-led projects that pursue transformative innovation

July 2, 2024

Health, equity, sustainability and the human experience are the driving forces for transdisciplinary teams that target society’s grand challenges.

Andrew Crislip

Andrew Crislip appointed chair of history

July 1, 2024

Crislip currently serves as the Blake Chair in the History of Christianity within the Department of History.

Rebecca Guest

Conversation with History Alum Rebecca Guest

June 14, 2024

Rebecca Guest's journey from VCU history student to Mariners' Museum philanthropy coordinator reflects on her lifelong passion for museums and artifacts, driven by a desire to engage the public and preserve history.

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Making Sense of the Current Situation

May 9, 2024

On April 17, VCU history’s Alexandrian Society welcomed Kent Schull, Ph.D. of Binghamton University to VCU for his presentation of, “The Question of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention in Israel-Palestine: Making Sense of the Current Situation."

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Rebecca Rose: From History M.A. student to working at the Library of Congress

April 18, 2024

Rebecca Rose speaks with Mel Sheehan about her time as a student in the VCU History M.A. Program and her new role at the Library of Congress.

National Endowment for the Humanities grants will help to establish a health humanities minor and support a professor’s book project. (Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

National Endowment for the Humanities awards two grants to VCU projects

April 18, 2024

One will establish a health humanities minor, while the other supports a professor’s book project on visual images of African Americans in leisure contexts from slavery through the Jim Crow era.

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God and the Search for Happiness Blake Lecture Recap

April 11, 2024

On March 19, Zena Hitz, Ph.D., was the guest speaker at the annual William E. and Miriam S. Blake Lecture on the History of Christianity. Hitz discussed how monks and nuns are called and driven by a desire of fulfillment and happiness to a life of religious service.