VCU Convergence brings central Virginia’s school-based mental health leaders to campus
The convening, organized under the VCU Convergence mental health theme, produced a working list of projects on professional development, youth clinical services and community partnerships. What do you do with a problem that changes shape every time you try to solve it?The VCU Convergence Mental Health group, with the help of the VCU da Vinci […]
A new path to the finish line: VCU’s Office of Prior Learning
What if the experience you already have could count toward a degree? The job that taught you to manage a budget or lead a team. The volunteer work or professional training that helped you build real skills. Until recently, those valuable opportunities wouldn’t count towards a college degree. VCU’s new Office of Prior Learning is […]
Shifting what’s possible in K-12 education: A Q&A with Shift Education Lab director Brandin Conrath
VCU’s Shift Labs bring students, faculty and community partners into the same room to test bold ideas and build practical solutions. Supported by the Office of Innovation and Strategic Design, the Shift Education Lab is where that work meets the K-12 classroom. We talked with director Brandin Conrath, Ph.D., about what it means to “shift” […]
Why VCU Convergence is built to take on neurodegeneration: Q&A with Faika Zanjani
Nearly seven million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, a number projected to nearly double by 2050. At Virginia Commonwealth University, researchers are adamant that the path forward is led through collaboration. As part of VCU Convergence, an interdisciplinary team of neurodegeneration experts is advancing full-cycle brain health research, from bench science to community-based clinical […]
A call to VCU campus partners: Host student interns
Photo credit: Erin Borges On June 17, the VCU Academic Internships Office (AIO) gathered partners from across VCU for an open conversation about what it takes to host an intern on campus and the impact that successful experiential learning opportunities on campus have on students. The key question driving the morning was practical: how can […]
VCUarts students captivate with large-scale digital mural premiere in partnership with CoStar Group
VCUarts Communication Arts students premiered large‑scale animated digital murals at CoStar’s new headquarters, showcasing Richmond‑inspired motion art. The project provided real‑world creative production experience, highlighted collaboration with industry mentors, and demonstrated students’ technical skill, artistic range, and ability to design immersive public visual environments.
Driven by VCU Convergence, interdisciplinary team takes aim at neurodegeneration
VCU launched an interdisciplinary effort uniting health professions, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy to pursue a major neurodegeneration center grant. The team set summer research plans and a fall reconvening, advancing VCU Convergence’s mission to tackle complex brain‑health challenges collaboratively.
From operating room to innovation sprint: Convergence Neuroscience and da Vinci Center drive collaboration with design jam
VCU’s inaugural Neuroscience Design Jam united clinicians, students, and innovators to turn surgical challenges into early medical‑device concepts, advancing VCU’s Convergence initiative by fostering interdisciplinary problem‑solving, rapid prototyping, and pathways to commercialization through TechTransfer and ongoing Vertically Integrated Project development.
TEDxVCU Illuminate: Sterling Hundley on Applied Arts for the greater good
At TEDxVCU’s Illuminate event on Saturday, April 11, Sterling Hundley, BFA, MFA, professor of communication arts took the stage to reflect on an unexpected intersection of art and medicine. As a co-principal investigator of the Applied Arts Lab Vertically Integrated Project at VCU, Hundley shared stories from his time documenting surgeries and complex clinical moments […]
VCU showcases leadership in undergraduate research with NCUR in Richmond
More than 5,000 undergraduate researchers gathered in Richmond for the conference, creating a national stage for the exchange of ideas, student scholarship and interdisciplinary discovery. Virginia Commonwealth University played a central role this spring as Richmond hosted the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), the largest undergraduate research conference in the country. VCU showed up […]
