VCU Engineering students to benefit from newly endowed scholarship
After years of working together to create internships and a scholarship for Virginia Commonwealth University’s College of Engineering students, the 7x24 Exchange’s Central Virginia Chapter recently deepened its relationship with the College of Engineering by creating the 7x24 Central Virginia Scholarship, an endowed scholarship to benefit students in perpetuity.
‘STARS’ Camp students explore real-world STEM projects to develop deeper understanding of Richmond neighborhoods
Two summer camps created by the VCU College of Engineering outreach program gave Richmond City students the opportunity to engage in hands-on, community-focused STEM learning during the summer months.
Richmond-Petersburg region, collaborating as the Alliance for Building Better Medicine, secures $111 million over three months for U.S. based manufacturing of essential medicine
Alliance for Building Better Medicine, a coalition of public and private sector stakeholders in the Richmond-Petersburg region, and Governor Glenn Youngkin yesterday honored National Essential Medicine Shortage Awareness Day by announcing $111 Million has been invested by federal, state, local, and private supporters over the past three months to accelerate the development of the advanced pharmaceutical and manufacturing cluster emerging in Central Virginia.
Richmond-Petersburg region is a winner of the national Build Back Better Regional Challenge
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) today announced that public and private sector stakeholders in the Richmond-Petersburg region, working together as the Alliance for Building Better Medicine, will receive $52,942,702 as a winner of the national Build Back Better Regional Challenge.
Bank of America Digital ID project interns apply engineering expertise to real-world challenges
Student interns have an opportunity to work with Bank of America to help create a mobile application offering financial education and career planning tools specifically for college students.
Dean’s Early Research Initiative Develops Next Generation of Engineers
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows also have an opportunity to develop their mentorship skills by serving as advisors to help these high school juniors develop as engineers throughout their senior year.
Jennifer Rivers named assistant dean of student affairs
Rivers will work closely with student services, career services and the academic departments to implement policies, programming, events and services that support student needs, their academic success and retention.
VCU Engineering welcomes Interim Dean Gary C. Tepper, Ph.D.
As of July 1, 2022, Gary C. Tepper, Ph.D. assumes the role of interim dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering. He succeeds former dean Barbara D. Boyan, Ph.D., who has been named executive director of the VCU College of Engineering’s Institute for Engineering and Medicine.
Additional financial aid, new buildings, cancer research funding and more
Newly approved two-year state budget provides VCU with a ‘historic level of funding.’
Engineering students showcase elegant solutions to real-world problems at Capstone Design Expo
One team of biomedical engineering students creates a prototype of a childproof handgun safety mechanism to help curb accidental injuries and deaths.
