Schools practice 3-feet social distancing, per new CDC guidelines
Anya Sczerzenie, Contributing Writer In the classrooms where VCU student teacher Cougar Conley teaches music class, the fourth graders stand 3 feet apart. They’re close enough together that when the time comes to learn songs on the recorder, they aren’t allowed to actually play. “We tell them to ‘decapitate the instrument,’” Conley said. “They have […]
VCU offering free COVID-19 testing amid students’ winter break worries
Sanjana Ravulapalli, Contributing Writer Mass communications major Julia Daum is heading home and traveling out of state during winter break. But due to Richmond’s case numbers, the sophomore said she will get a precautionary COVID-19 test before she returns to Fauquier County. As the end of the semester approaches, students are preparing to head home […]
Freshmen reflect on semester of limited socialization
Katharine DeRosa, Staff Writer During a semester filled with uncertainty, freshmen at VCU navigated academic and social life while trying their best to adhere to safety precautions. COVID-19 spread across campus throughout the fall semester, leading to an outbreak in the university’s athletics department and requiring exposed students to quarantine in empty dorm rooms. As […]
CDC awards grant to VCU professor researching gun violence prevention
Katharine DeRosa, Staff Writer Several researchers with VCU connections are utilizing nearly $5 million in grant money from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study gun violence prevention and its impact on minority communities. The CDC awarded 16 grants to different researchers across the country to study the prevention of violent injury by […]
VCU student, employee COVID-19 cases triple since Thursday
Anya Sczerzenie, Contributing Writer Many VCU students have seen and been close to other students on campus who aren’t following the COVID-19 rules, including those without masks and those who congregate in large groups. Senior communication arts major Keaton Mullins recalled the time he saw a group of around 15 people not socially distancing themselves […]