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11/01/2026

The First Destination Survey has officially launched and we want to hear from the 2026 grads! Whether you have already accepted a job or graduate school offer, are starting a business, volunteering in the community or abroad or are still defining your next steps, we ask that you complete this survey. https://tiny.cc/VCUFDS26

10/30/2026

☎️ Our favorite date is calling…..

Are you picking up? 👀

🎃 Hand-carved by A.G., VCUarts Class of 2020

10/28/2026

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming… 👀📺

VCU alum and 5x Emmy Award-winning 12 On Your Side Traffic Anchor Candice Smith is taking it this year as our 2026 Commencement speaker! 🎓🖤💛

10/28/2026

As one of the world’s many cruciverbalists (hint: a 14-letter word for a designer or aficionado of crossword puzzles), Collin Drown knows the power of a well-designed clue. The VCU student has been both solving and crafting crosswords for years.

But this past summer, Drown’s hobby took him further than he ever could have dreamed when he debuted as a constructor (11 letters; an individual who designs and builds crossword puzzles) in a Sunday edition of The New York Times.

Seeing his name in the storied publication on July 12 “was very surreal,” said Drown, a doctoral student in the VCU School of Education. “I think I saw it as a pipe dream for a while. I would joke that [as far as] accomplishments in general, you know, it’s all downhill from here.”

Read more: https://news.vcu.edu/article/vcu-student-constructs-new-york-times-crossword-puzzle

10/27/2026

Candice Smith, an Emmy Award-winning anchor and reporter, will be the featured speaker at VCU’s December commencement.

A native of Roanoke, Smith began her career at WWBT, the Richmond-based NBC affiliate, while still a VCU student: She worked as a part-time editor for the station’s evening newscasts while balancing her studies on campus. Today, Smith is one of WWBT’s leading on-air personalities, serving as the traffic anchor for the “12 News Today” morning program and hosting the “12 About Town Today” midday lifestyle program that spotlights Richmond leaders, events and cultural high points.

Read more: https://news.vcu.edu/article/broadcast-journalist-candice-smith-to-address-graduates-at-vcus-december-commencement

10/27/2026

Bo Jackson remembers not having shoes as a child – and taking baths on the back porch because his Alabama home had no hot water. He remembers the speech impediment that made him terrified of reading aloud in school.

Most of Jackson’s audience on Oct. 20 remembered him as a two-sport standout, the all-star professional football and baseball player – and “Bo Knows” Nike pitchman – who became a household name in the 1980s. But in his address at the Altria Theatre – an “Uncommon Conversations, Bright Futures” forum, sponsored by Mastercard and the Virginia Credit Union, in conjunction with VCU’s Developing Men of Color program – Jackson connected the dots of his journey, imparting wisdom to students about leadership, career growth and life in general.

Read more: https://news.vcu.edu/article/bo-jackson-shares-life-lessons

10/27/2026

Preventable overdose deaths fell by 43% in Virginia in 2024, thanks in part to expanded access to evidence-based opioid care. New data led by VCU shows that this progress in expanded, accessible care also delivered $1.3 billion in economic stability to communities across the state.

The findings reflect the latest round of data estimated for the Virginia Opioid Cost Data Tool, developed through a partnership between the VCU Center on Society and Health and the Virginia Department of Health. The tool is the nation’s only platform offering a localized, multi-sector view of the opioid crisis’ felt economic impact at a city and county level.

The updated data show that as lifesaving opioid care expanded in Virginia, many communities faced less heartache and less financial stress. Estimated opioid-related costs fell by $1.3 billion, about 14 to 20 times the added public funding for opioid care, though other factors also contributed.

Read more: https://news.vcu.edu/article/virginia-opioid-epidemic-impact

10/26/2026

The native of Cameroon, a Ph.D. student at VCU, is serving as a This is Public Health Ambassador this academic year. She sees an opportunity to strengthen her commitment to ‘real community work.’

Read more: https://news.vcu.edu/article/farnese-motto-gravitated-to-public-health-advocacy-at-a-young-age

10/26/2026

The National Academy of Artificial Intelligence recently inducted Lukasz Kurgan, Ph.D., the Dean Robert J. Mattauch Chair of the Department of Computer Science in the VCU College of Engineering, as a member for his contributions to AI research, education and innovation. Kurgan’s work in bioinformatics has led him to develop cutting-edge AI tools used by fellow researchers worldwide.

“It feels surreal to be listed among so many pioneers and distinguished AI scholars and developers,” Kurgan said. “This recognition belongs to me just as much as to my current and former students, collaborators and colleagues who worked with me, supported me and guided me throughout my career. Moments like this energize me to keep pushing to raise the bar even higher.”

Read more: https://www.facebook.com/631040715728219/posts/1574612724704342

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