President’s Posts

The 2016 Session of the General Assembly concluded this past Friday, one day earlier than expected. Although the legislators will return on April 20 to consider any actions on the budget or other legislation taken by the governor, I write to share with you the items that are of most consequence to VCU and VCU […]

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 […]

VCU Ram Mo Alie-Cox, photo by VCU Athletics It has been a great spring so far for VCU’s student-athletes. Men’s basketball shared the A-10 regular season title — the first in VCU history — and will play in the conference tournament as the No. 2 seed this week in Brooklyn. Women’s basketball enjoyed its most […]

Wanda Mitchell, Ed.D. This blog is an important way for me to communicate with the VCU community and beyond. But, of course, I am hardly the only member of VCU’s leadership team with a voice on important issues. That is why I will, on occasion, offer this space to my colleagues who are leading important […]

SCHEV Faculty Awards 2016, VCU President Michael Rao with Lawrence Schwartz (left) and Everett Worthington (right) Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of honoring two distinguished faculty colleagues who were given Outstanding Faculty Awards by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Lawrence Schwartz, who serves as who serves as the Charles and […]

As our nation celebrates Heart Month this February, I think of the remarkable work around cardiovascular disease that occurs every day at VCU. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in America among both women and men, accounting for almost a quarter of all deaths. More than 70 million Americans live with the effects […]