College of Engineering launches new certificate programs
Anya Sczerzenie Contributing Writer The VCU College of Engineering will launch two new graduate certificate programs in cybersecurity and data science in the spring 2019 semester. These programs are meant to continue education for professionals already working in these fields. They are separate from the regular master’s degree programs in these subjects, though much […]
Know Your Rights event held to teach VCU students about police encounters
Chip Lauterbach Contributing Writer Walter Chidozie Anyanwu Contributing Writer The Richmond Transparency and Accountability Project (TAP) gave an interactive talk with VCU students about how to protect their individual rights in face-to-face situations with police. Community outreach activists Reem Ali, Rosa Molina and Carlton Webb spoke to students Nov. 28, reviewing several scenarios — including […]
Students evaluate religious affiliation as the number of ‘nones’ increase
Ashley Sanchez Contributing Writer Liam Carlson grew up scared he would go to hell. Though his home was split between different religious followings, his mother made her Roman Catholic beliefs very clear, which intimidated him with “guilt and fear-driven religious practices.” Carlson’s father, who kept his beliefs quiet, was an agnostic deist — who doubts […]
VCU welcomes annual common book author with talk at Siegel Center
Chip Lauterbach Contributing Writer Valeria Luiselli, author of this year’s VCU common book “Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay In Forty Questions,” spoke about the struggles faced by migrant children who make the dangerous trek from Central America to the United States at a Nov. 14 event sponsored by the University College. In Tell […]
Local neighborhood aims to improve cityscape, environment by planting trees
Naomi Ghahrai Contributing Writer VCU students helped plant 62 trees in the Carver neighborhood Nov. 17-18 as part of the first planting event of the Carver Tree Project. “Trees are great in an urban environment because they provide shade, filter the air we breathe lessening the impacts of global warming, and filter stormwater,” said Wyatt […]