‘On Juneteenth’ author gives Black History Month Lecture in Richmond

Bailee Padgett, Contributing Writer Harvard law and history professor Annette Gordon-Reed visited the James Branch Cabell Library on Thursday, Feb. 10 to deliver VCU’s 21st annual Black History Month Lecture about her most recent 2021 publication, “On Juneteenth.” Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, honors the day Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, in 1865 […]
VCU Common Book selection explores link between climate change, social justice

Dylan Seay, Contributing Writer VCU has selected “Rising: Dispatches From the New American Shore” by Elizabeth Rush to be the Common Book for the 2021-2022 school year. The selection was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2019 under the category of General Nonfiction. The book focuses on the link between climate change and social […]
Cabell, Tompkins-McCaw libraries to reopen under VCU, Va. COVID-19 guidelines

Andrew Ringle, Executive Editor VCU Libraries will reopen before the start of the fall semester with limits on building occupancy and physical distancing requirements, according to a university release. Laura Gariepy, associate dean for research and learning, said in the release that additional details will be announced “as soon as possible.” Gariepy is directing VCU […]
VCU Libraries to close after Friday, offering ‘robust’ online services

Hannah Eason, News Editor VCU Libraries will be closed until further notice after Saturday, according to a release. James Branch Cabell Library is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Friday. Thompson-McCaw Library is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Group study rooms in both libraries are closed. The Workshop at Cabell Library […]
Diaper-changing stations are far and few between on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus

Hannah Eason, News Editor Many bathrooms on VCU’s campus do not have diaper-changing tables. For parents like Michael Von Bank, changing a child’s diaper on a bathroom floor is all too familiar. Von Bank, lead organizer of Richmond Dads, said not that long ago, all four of his kids were in diapers. Richmond Dads is […]