SCHEV makes student aid a priority
For the first time, student financial aid has been recommended as a budget priority in Virginia by the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia.
Month: January 2015
VCU-led research team develops more accessible HIV medication
HIV-positive mothers are now less likely to transmit the virus to their offspring thanks to the work of VCU professor Frank Gupton and his team of researchers from across the country.
After two search committees, VCU names provost
This month, President Michael Rao announced the conclusion of VCU’s year-long provost search with the appointment of Gail Hackett, Ph.D.
Proposed Va. legislation pushes for changes to campus sexual assault investigations
A state legislator from Northern Virginia is urging her colleagues to pass a bill requiring institutions to promptly report campus sexual assaults to the local commonwealth’s attorney, instead of campus and local police handling such cases independently.
2015 calendar raises sexual assault awareness, funds
The VCU Police Department and School of the Arts collaborated on an initiative to help students remember to date their papers “2015,” while also fundraising for a good cause.
