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Cristina Stanciu, Director of VCU's Humanities Research Center, Elected to Advisory Board of Global Consortium (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
Cristina Stanciu, Ph.D., director of the Humanities Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been elected to the advisory board of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes. The prestigious international forum strengthens humanities centers through advocacy, grant-making and inclusive collaboration.
The CHCI advisory board provides intellectual leadership that propels collaborat more PR
From Nasal Casts to Emergency Intubation, Newly Honored VCU Innovators Explore Fresh Frontiers (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
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Five projects get Commercialization Fund awards from TechTransfer and Ventures, which helps campus inventions reach the marketplace.
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By Jeff Kelley
When allergy and asthma sufferers use nasal and oral inhalers to treat their conditions, they hold the devices differently. And the way in which the drugs spray throughout the airways varies from one person to the next.
In fact, much of the me more PR
Study Abroad Day Highlights Global Learning Opportunities for VCU Students (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
By Nicol Tinsley, Global Education Office
Virginia Commonwealth University will celebrate Study Abroad Day on Monday, Feb. 26, a day designed to highlight the benefits of international education and its lasting impact on students, campuses and the global community.
Study Abroad Day builds on the annual International Education Week in November, and for VCU's Global Education Office, the day is an opport more PR
VCU Libraries Program Has Saved Students Over $10 Million in Textbook Costs (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
By Brian McNeill
VCU Libraries' Open and Affordable Course Content Initiative supports Virginia Commonwealth University faculty members who eliminate textbook costs for students by transitioning to open educational resources or library content.
For the fall 2023 and spring 2024 semesters, across 414 course sections with student enrollment of 23,262, the students have saved $2.1 million they otherwise wo more PR
VCU: Beyond Dry January - Addressing the Health Impacts of Alcohol Consumption (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
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As more patients seek treatment for alcohol-related illnesses, VCU School of Medicine faculty discuss findings that 'no level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health.'
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By Grace McOmber, School of Medicine
At the beginning of this year, approximately 21% of drinking-age adults in the United States reported they were committed to observing "Dry January" by abstaining from alco more PR
With Poise and Grace, VCU's First Black Nursing Graduate Charted a Path - and Even Schooled the Faculty on a Memorable Day (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 24 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
By Dina Weinstein
Deep in the archives of James Branch Cabell Library, two documents - one a blurry carbon-copy from 1965, the other a journal article from two years later - manage to both give voice to and disguise Charlotte Anne Wynn Pollard.
In a folder labeled "Desegregation and Nursing Schools," the documents are part of the archived papers of Edward H. Peeples Jr. (https://vcu.primo.exlib more PR
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