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Recent News About Virginia Commonwealth University
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Sports bans target Russia’s ‘national symbolism and pride,’ VCU expert says
Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following announcement on March 10This week, Russia became the world’s most-sanctioned country, with more than 5,500 sanctions imposed by the rest of the planet in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.
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New VCU program provides funding for unpaid or underpaid internships
College students often must decide between taking an unpaid or underpaid internship that provides a beneficial learning experience or choosing a job that provides needed financial resources.
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'Putin is not interested in peace.' VCU expert explains crisis in Ukraine
Russia has invaded Ukraine, and the world is watching. Judyth Twigg, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Political Science in the College of Humanities and Sciences at VCU who is an expert in global health with a particular focus on Russia and Ukraine, and who teaches courses on Russian politics, explains what’s behind the crisis – and how it could have “enormous and wide-ranging” implications for the U.S. and the world.
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VCU Board of Visitors Strategic Task Force & VCU Board of Visitors executive committee to meet in person and electronically Feb. 17
VCU Board of Visitors Strategic Task Force & VCU Board of Visitors executive committee to meet in person and electronically Feb. 17
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Years after VCU student Karl Linn died in combat, his legacy endures
On Jan. 26, 2005, Dick Linn left his home heading to a sales call. About 40 miles into the trip, the phone rang. It was his mother, telling him that the Marines were trying to reach him.
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‘These books shaped the practice of medicine’: VCU Libraries acquires large collection of rare medical texts, illustrations and documents
VCU Libraries has acquired a treasure trove of thousands of rare medical books, manuscripts, silhouettes and prints, providing researchers with the opportunity to explore the history and evolution of medicine in its earliest printed form.
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Making MCAT study materials more accessible
Research shows that health outcomes improve when patients see physicians of their own race and ethnicity. But according to 2018 data from the Association of American Medical Colleges, or AAMC, 56.2% of active physicians identify as white, with only 5% identifying as Black or African American and 5.8% as Hispanic (13.4% of the U.S. population identifies as Black or African American and 18.5% identify as Hispanic or Latino).
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Study to develop new measure of prosthesis awareness in individuals with lower limb loss
A new study at Virginia Commonwealth University is focusing on ways to improve the understanding of a prosthesis user’s mobility.
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Annette Gordon-Reed, author of ‘On Juneteenth,’ to deliver VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture
Annette Gordon-Reed, the first African American recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for History and one of the most authoritative voices on race and history in America, will deliver VCU Libraries’ 21st annual Black History Month Lecture.
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VCU-led study is the first to assess dental faculty well-being during the pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world to withdraw for safety in 2020, faculty at dental schools did not report significant decreases in measures of their well-being, according to results from a study led by Carlos S. Smith, D.D.S., at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry.