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A new initiative funded by @VirginiaDEQ will reduce food waste and increase composting at @VCU and @VCUHealth.

The Food Rescue and Composting initiative aims to reduce an estimated more than 120,000 pounds of food waste. https://t.co/qpzcJshOYH

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VCU ranks among world’s top 20% of global universities

In new listings from U.S. News & World Report, 16 VCU subject areas are highlighted among the world’s best, including a No. 8 ranking for gastroenterology and hepatology. https://t.co/RTua3ZS1TK

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Using the Civil War and Confederate monuments, @vcusoe author Gabriel Reich explores collective memory https://t.co/OhuE3tvNde

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Inger Rice, whose vision and support helped establish the @VCURiceRivers, dies at 96

The Richmond-based philanthropist’s initial gift of 342 acres along the James River has bolstered life sciences education at @VCU. https://t.co/ZJjhvJTbOc

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VCU introduces a public health minor for fall 2026

The option will help students learn ‘to enhance and improve the health of communities,’ and it is joined by a new interdisciplinary minor in public health and the arts. https://t.co/keRwbK5Iav

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.@CBS6: VCU Police and VCU Parking and Transportation are expecting thousands of parents, students, and guests to flood West Broad Street as they walk to the Siegel Center for high school graduations. https://t.co/KSbO0pZgkG

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VCU’s May 2026 commencement by the numbers

There are thousands of graduates, dozens of ways to celebrate and countless reasons to be Ram Proud this graduation season. https://t.co/ebtwlwhrMq

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.@VCU researchers are partnering with @RPS_Schools to boost outcomes for multilingual students.

Supported by a new William T. Grant Foundation award, the partnership will focus on middle school students and their families’ involvement in their education. https://t.co/Gqr0qkJqQl

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VCU to celebrate May commencement on Saturday https://t.co/zxKxPd3QVN

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The new VCU Annual Research Impact Awards recognize 10 honorees

The inaugural VCU-ARIA ceremony honored outstanding research achievements by faculty and postdoctoral fellows, celebrating discoveries and innovative research that is improving society. https://t.co/DUlAFRRVpT

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Puerto Rico’s forests recovered in unexpected ways post-Hurricane Maria, VCU research finds

Biology professor Catherine Hulshof studies extreme environments, like Puerto Rico’s forests, to find out how they may react as the climate changes. https://t.co/pvqnsFtXpn

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A VCUarts researcher’s 3D scanning system is on display at Cabell Library https://t.co/EGzc5iI4mR

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The VCU Board of Visitors on Friday approved a 3.9% tuition increase for in-state undergraduate students to address inflationary and state-mandated cost increases and investments in student internships, graduate stipends and high demand academic programs. https://t.co/U3rYbwkBYA

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Susan Tinsley Gooden, Ph.D., who has led @VCUWilderSchool through an era of significant growth and increased national prominence, will step down from her role June 30. https://t.co/zVDksGFPgT

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The VCU Board of Visitors today approved a plan to build a memorial and to inter the 19th-century human remains that were discovered in an abandoned well on the MCV Campus during construction of the Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building in 1994. https://t.co/QUxg7zMODz

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In @StyleWeekly, @HistoryVCU professor Brooke Newman (@DrBrookeNewman) discusses her new book, “The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas.” https://t.co/8rjTWCaBbt

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.@WVTFRADIOIQ: Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University are partnering on the purchase of a new genomic sequencing machine. Both universities say they can achieve more by sharing resources. https://t.co/GvusIsiXep

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“We as pedestrians have to be extra vigilant because people behind the wheel are behaving so poorly.”
RDOT Director Andy @Boenau

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In the first three months of this year, Virginia Commonwealth University Police officers issued nearly as many traffic summons as during the entire 2024-25 school year due to Operation Safer Streets, a new targeted traffic enforcement operation. https://t.co/atD3IQPvA8

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.@RTDNEWS: The Virginia Commonwealth University researchers behind one of the most widely-used canine Lyme disease vaccines are developing a human version of the technology, with an eye toward future commercialization. https://t.co/JcUM7dOrmY