Class of 2020: Business grad Radha Kapadia is a student of many passions
IN THE NEWS / APRIL 2020 While at VCU, Kapadia earned certificates in human-centered design, venture creation and product innovation through the da Vinci Center, a collaboration of VCU’s schools of the Arts and Business and colleges of Engineering and Humanities and Sciences that advances innovation and entrepreneurship. The program put her in contact with students from the College of Engineering where Kapadia got involved with […]
VCU Health’s innovative decontamination process mitigates N95 mask shortage in hospitals
IN THE NEWS / APRIL 2020 Experts from VCU Health and VCU Ventures researched, designed and constructed a process that can sterilize 12,000 N95 masks per day, approximately 12 times the number of masks VCU Health currently uses daily. VCU NEWS
‘This Is Truly a Last Resort.’ Makers Are 3D Printing Ventilator Parts and Sewing Masks Amid a Critical Shortage in Medical Supplies
IN THE NEWS / APRIL 2020 While most of Adam Gainer’s family works in the medical field, the career path never interested him. Instead, the 35-year-old pursued engineering and design; he’s now working on a master’s degree in product design and innovation at Virginia Commonwealth University. But the global pandemic has thrust him, and thousands […]
VCU President Michael Rao: VCU has the chance to lead 21st-century American higher education and health care
President Rao announced the creation of a new student innovation storefront that will open this fall on the ground floor of the Grace & Broad Residence Center.
With a focus on students, global women’s group chapter launches in Richmond
What started as an entrepreneurial women’s group at the University of Southern California has grown into an organization with more than 100,000 members in five continents. Richmond is home to the newest chapter, which focuses on VCU students.
VCU Entrepreneurs Hit the Accelerator Trail to Get Their NICU Device to Market
IN THE NEWS / JULY 30, 2019 The co-founders are enrolled in the Master of Product Innovation program at the VCU da Vinci Center, a collaboration of several VCU schools focused on innovation and entrepreneurship. “The masters program for us is unique because we have a close relationship with the director,” Seelam said. “We communicated […]
