President’s Posts

Michael Rao, Ph.D.

Category results for: 21st-century university

‘This Nation (and University) of Many Peoples’

  As VCU celebrates our annual PACME Awards this afternoon—and as our nation marks the 48th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, commemorated by a “Die In” of students here and at campuses across the country — I am reminded of the poignant opinion penned by Justice Lewis F. Powell in the landmark case […]

Celebrating our alumni

  Since 2011, when we launched the Quest for Distinction strategic plan, Virginia Commonwealth University has been on a journey to become one of the nation’s premier urban, public research universities. Thanks to the talent, vision and investment of so many, we have indeed become a more-relevant research university for the 21st century. It is […]