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Mariam Topchyan receives 2024-2025 Outstanding Thesis Award

July 21, 2025

The VCU Graduate School honored Topchyan in the category of Life Sciences.

River Management Society recognizes 2025 RSLC recipients

July 10, 2025

Five VCU students among those earning national certificate in river studies and leadership.

Notes from the Field: Abby Bressette

July 9, 2025

Video documents avian research conducted in Highland County, Virginia.

Chris Gough appointed executive director of the VCU Rice Rivers Center

July 1, 2025

Gough is a biology professor and graduate program director in the School of Life Sciences and Sustainability.

Notes from the Field: A look at Summer@Rice research projects

June 24, 2025

Interns highlight their research in their own words.

VCU students in the Wilderness and Wildlife course spotted 92 species of birds during a five-day trip in the South Carolina low country this spring. (Contributed photo)

VCU students embrace the call of the wild

June 16, 2025

Two recent environmental studies courses reflect how hands-on learning – sometimes far from campus – is at the heart of the new School of Life Sciences and Sustainability.

The rise of bedbugs matches up closely with the rise of human cities, according to new research. (Getty Images)

When did bedbugs become a common nighttime nuisance? VCU expert Brian Verrelli has an answer

May 30, 2025

The closer quarters of city living helped the pest population take off around 13,000 years ago, he and his research colleagues have found.

Research Symposium returns to Rice Rivers Center

May 19, 2025

The event was paused during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Interspecies roommates gain seven more

May 7, 2025

Newly-hatched Chickadees make the nesting box a full house.

Integrative Life Sciences Research Showcase features doctoral student research

May 5, 2025

The annual presentation and poster session is part of VCU Research Weeks

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