Meet Jessica Soffian, student editor of “Jurgen” comic arts contest
Five Questions with Jessica Soffian As the 2022-23 student editor of the Jurgen Comics Contest, Jess Soffian brings considerable experience to the post. Jess is the artist and writer of the graphic novel Khave and the Well, serves as the Assistant Editor-In-Chief of VCU’s Pwatem Literary and Art Magazine, and has both edited and contributed […]
Librarians at Work: ARL Fall meeting
VCU was well represented this week at the fall meeting of the Association of Research Libraries in Washington. The Association of Research Libraries is a membership organization of libraries and archives in major public and private universities, federal government agencies and large public institutions in Canada and the US. ARL advocates on research libraries’ behalf, […]
‘Jurgen’ exhibit on view at The Branch House
2021-2022 marked the inaugural Jurgen Banned Arts Comics Contest. The contest is named after a work by Richmond’s own James Branch Cabell, cousin to John Kerr Branch, original owner of The Branch House (currently The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design). An exhibition “Banning of Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice” on loan from VCU Libraries is now […]
A Library Love Story
Like every engaged couple, when alumni Paul Pottanat (BS ‘16/H&S) and Maria-Grace Luther (BA ‘17/Arts) planned their August 2022 wedding, they made hundreds of decisions and juggled hundreds of ideas and tasks associated with creating their special day. One idea unique to them was to visit James Branch Cabell Library in their wedding finery to […]
Christenbury Literacy Fund will send student to ALA conference in 2023
The Leila Christenbury Literacy Fund was established in 2007 with gifts from Leila Christenbury, Commonwealth Professor Emerita in the VCU School of Education. Well-known in national education circles, Christenbury taught English Education at VCU for 32 years, serving as professor, department chair and interim dean. She is a 45-year veteran teacher in secondary English and […]
VCU’s Knott moderates panel at National Library of Medicine symposium
Teresa L. Knott, MLS, MPA, AHIP, FMLA, of VCU Libraries is among an august group invited to participate at the National Library of Medicine’s Lindberg-King Lecture & Scientific Symposium: Science, Society, and the Legacy of Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D. on Thursday, September 1, 2022, via NIH Videocast. Knott, who has long been active in national health […]
VCU Libraries data expert named to National Center for Data Services post
Nina Exner has been appointed to a new national position as an ambassador of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) National Center for Data Services (NCDS) The NNLM National Center for Data Services (NCDS) coordinates with other NNLM Regions, Offices, and Centers to provide training and resources to increase data science capacity among […]
What are you reading this summer?
What are you reading this summer? Checking with the Friends of VCU Libraries As we head into the last month of summer, we asked current and former members of the Friends of VCU Libraries board what they are reading. Here is what some of the had to say: JoAnn Bodurtha, emeritus Friends of VCU Libraries […]
Save the Date: Levis Prize night is Sept. 30
Devon Walker-Figueroa, the 2022 Levis Poetry Prize Winner, will appear at Virginia Commonwealth University September 30 to read from her book, Philomath Philomath was selected for the 2020 National Poetry Series by Sally Keith and shortlisted for the 2021 National Book Critic Circle’s John Leonard Prize. The author grew up in Kings Valley, on the […]
Save the Date: Cabell First Novelist winner will read Nov. 10
Dawnie Walton is the 2022 recipient of the Cabell First Novelist Award for The Final Revival of Opal & Nev published by Simon and Schuster. The novel chronicles the meteoric rise of an iconic interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their sensational breakup, and the dark secrets unearthed when they try to reunite decades later […]