Students celebrate Filipino culture at Barrio Fiesta
A crowd of over 150 students came together to celebrate and learn about Filipino culture at the Barrio Fiesta Monday, Nov. 4 in the Commons Ballrooms. The annual event hosted by the club Filipino Americans Coming Together is open to the entire student body and aims to showcase Filipino culture.
Rams Harvest Bazaar brings creative community together
If you passed by the amphitheater behind Hibbs Hall on Friday afternoon between 11 a.m.-4 p.m. you couldn’t have missed the Rams Harvest Community Bazaar.
Students donate blood at Halloween drive
Students donated blood at a Virginia Blood Services blood drive in the Commons Ballroom in the spirit of Halloween this week on Wednesday, Oct. 30 and Thursday, Oct. 31.
New club uses 3D technology to study history
In an age when developing technologies propel us into a rapidly changing future, VCU students are using 3D scanning and printing technology at the university’s Virtual Curation Laboratory to delve into the past.
Built to Fade ready to shine
Songwriter and house show favorite Dane Ferguson is prepared to unveil his most ambitious collaboration to date, featuring a super-group of talented musicians from across the country assembled by Kno, a member of the hip hop trio CunninLynguists.
Grant to fund study of novel tobacco products
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a five year $18.1 million grant to VCU, the third largest grant in the university’s history.
BREAKING: Second case of Tuberculosis discovered
A second student has been diagnosed with Tuberculosis following last week’s initial case, according to an email sent to the VCU community by provost Beverly J. Warren on Tuesday night.
VCU Police Department seeking recruits
The largest campus police force in Virginia is accepting applications for its annual police academy.
Five arrests made following four armed robberies
The Richmond Police Department in conjunction with VCU Police arrested five people in connection with four recent robberies near the university, including Monday morning’s robbery in a private apartment building inside the core campus area.
U-lock exchange offers students protection from bike larceny
About 100 students passing through the Compass Tuesday morning traded in malfunctioning and poor quality bike locks for new U-locks provided by the VCU Police and University Student Affairs.