Congratulations, VCU Health
Please join me in congratulating the dedicated faculty and staff of VCU Health for their well-deserved recognition from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The recognition of VCU Health with the DeWitt C. Baldwin Jr. Award rightfully recognizes universities for all they do to ensure medical residents receive […]
The Fascination of What’s Difficult
I am deeply appreciative to everyone who participated in this year’s State of the Unversity address. Below, please find the full text of my address. It’s a privilege to be with you to reaffirm in this new year our enduring commitment: That we are a premier research university focused on the positive progress of […]
VCU’s Impact on the Region: Talent, Innovation, and Collaboration
For almost 180 years, the story of VCU has been the story of Richmond, and we have always committed to having a positive impact on our community. In 1838, a team of physicians founded MCV to address a doctor shortage in the Commonwealth. In 1917, RPI opened to serve the higher learning and service needs of our city. When the two merged in 1968, VCU was born with “an obligation to relate itself to the community … and to participate in the solution of existing problems.”
Giving thanks for the VCU community
As we take pause in our work and studies to join together with friends and family, I am thankful for the community that makes Virginia Commonwealth University a great place to live, learn, create, and heal. I am thankful for the diverse population that makes up the university and community and how we all learn […]
Make it real.
As an internationally renowned research university, we will make a global impact through Make it Real.
Ushering in the future of children’s health
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Children’s Pavilion ribbon cutting ceremony. This afternoon, we cut the ribbon on the long-awaited Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Children’s Pavilion, an outpatient pediatric specialty care clinic at Broad and 11th streets. In doing so, we did more than celebrate the opening of an impressive and beautiful new […]
