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Environmental Studies major presents at Association of Southeastern Biologists conference

April 3, 2024

Sage Lockett’s research was conducted at Rice Rivers Center

Jennoa Fleming, a senior environmental studies major at VCU, researches the James River rock pools, focusing on a small aquatic snail. (Kevin Morley, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

How I found my research: Jennoa Fleming studies the small wonders of the rock pools to understand our future on Earth

March 27, 2024

Fleming has been researching the rock pools of the James River since she was a high school student. ‘Ecology is where I truly belong,’ she said. ‘I can’t imagine doing anything else.’

A student stocks the Little Ram Pantry kiosk in Cabell Library. VCU Business Services announced it will provide funding to support the Little Ram Pantry program. (Kevin Morley, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU Business Services joins with Ram Pantry to combat student hunger

March 21, 2024

Dedicated funding will propel the Little Ram Pantry pilot program, which offers food-access outposts across the Monroe Park and MCV campuses.

The majority of bird strikes occur during migratory periods (especially in the fall), when a variety of conditions bring birds into contact with human structures. (Getty Images)

Celebrity owl Flaco’s recent death in NYC highlights how bird strikes with buildings are strikingly common, including in Virginia

March 18, 2024

At VCU, avian ecologist Lesley Bulluck offers a window into how windows and migration are a dangerous mix – and how VCU students are advancing data collection.

VCU Honors College students Arya Kalathil (left) and Simrah Ansari (right) lead students in the WHAM (Wellness, Happiness and Mindfulness) class at Open High School in some yoga moves. (Kevin Morley, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

In VCU Honors College, students get teaching and tutoring experience through partnership with Richmond public high school

Feb. 19, 2024

Now in its eighth year, the Open-Honors Connect program enhances undergraduate learning while expanding course offerings for the city school system.

Seven VCU undergraduate students earn federal Gilman scholarships to study abroad this year

Feb. 16, 2024

The program expands diversity for international experiences, with VCU’s Global Education Office supporting students’ applications.

“A Darwinian Survival Guide: Hope for the Twenty-First Century” argues that the climate crisis discourse should shift from sustainability to survival.

VCU co-author of ‘A Darwinian Survival Guide’ reframes climate change – and the paths forward – through the lens of evolution

Feb. 14, 2024

Discussing his new book, VCU Life Sciences professor Salvatore Agosta says ‘business as usual is not working,’ and Darwin’s principles point to how society can respond to the crisis.

(Nicole Willis, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

Ram romances: In their words

Feb. 13, 2024

At a basketball watch party. Playing quidditch. In the classroom. At a toga party. Happy couples recount how VCU helped fan the flames of love.

Will Shuart, an assistant professor at the VCU Rice Rivers Center and a geographer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, leads a drone demonstration at the Chickahominy Indian Tribe’s Tribal Center. (Photo by Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU Rice Rivers Center provides training to Chickahominy Tribe to help preserve ancestral land

Feb. 8, 2024

Drones, GIS mapping and other high-tech tools will support stewardship of their historic Mamanahunt property in Charles City County.

The study “Warming and Top-Down Control of Stage-Structured Prey: Linking Theory to Patterns in Natural Systems” found that rising temperatures, often linked to climate change, can make predators of mosquito larvae less effective at controlling mosquito populations. (Contributed photo).

Hotter weather caused by climate change could mean more mosquitos, according to VCU-led study

Dec. 18, 2023

Research along James River in Richmond suggests that climate change could shorten window for predators to prey on larvae.