Infection detection: VCU student researcher is using the latest DNA sequencing technologies to pinpoint a malaria parasite

April 12, 2018

A Virginia Commonwealth University student researcher is perfecting methods of detecting a malaria parasite in mosquitoes in the Brazilian Amazon.

#ThisIsMyReal: VCU's Instagram takeover account lets followers experience the university from many perspectives

March 22, 2018

With more than 30,000 students, 188,000 alumni and 22,000 faculty and staff, Virginia Commonwealth University has no shortage of people with stories to tell. VCU’s #ThisIsMyReal Instagram account helps share those stories, one week at a time.

VCU Rice Rivers Center documentary wins prize at RVA Environmental Film Festival

Feb. 7, 2018

A short documentary by a VCU Life Sciences faculty member is the winning entry for local environmental subjects at the annual RVA Environmental Film Festival.

Students in Richmond Public Schools experience the outdoors through Rice Rivers Center partnership with local nonprofit

Feb. 1, 2018

Many adolescents who have spent their lives in Richmond’s high-poverty areas are not able to explore the natural wonders this river city and surrounding areas have to offer. Lack of transportation, money and time are the main barriers of access to the natural world for low-income families.

This VCU grad's photos are worth a thousand words

Jan. 18, 2018

Study shows commercial harvest of snapping turtles is leading to population decline

Oct. 25, 2017

More than 200,000 wild snapping turtles were harvested across the United States in 2012 and 2014, a dramatic increase from the nearly 50,000 harvested cumulatively from 1999 to 2011.

Students demonstrate validity of models that use free, publicly accessible climate data

Oct. 4, 2017

As concern about the consequences of climate change grows, researchers are thinking hard about the data and models that drive their understanding of these changes. Graduate students in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center for Environmental Studies recently contributed to this effort by proving that free, publicly accessible climate data can predict habitat quality within river networks with as much accuracy as data from more complex and expensive sources.