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Sophie Laman is an Honors College student who graduated this month with a forensic science degree (biology concentration) and minors in chemistry, biology and pre-medicine. (Contributed photo)

Class of 2025: Sophie Laman aimed straight for VCU’s forensic science program

May 13, 2025

The Tennessee native will continue exploring crime investigation and medical research this summer.

A frog and six newly-hatched chickadees share a bird box

Interspecies roommates gain seven more

May 7, 2025

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

Tamara Eddy embraced the outdoors while at VCU – both for research and fun. (Contributed photo)

Class of 2025: Tamara Eddy was happily ‘bitten by the bat’

May 6, 2025

The biology major’s love of nature blossomed on an unexpected path framed by the pandemic.

Group of Ph.D. students standing on a stairs for a group photo

Integrative Life Sciences Research Showcase features doctoral student research

May 5, 2025

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

Merilyn Arikkat, who will graduate in May, is co-executive director of VCU Votes, a student-led, nonpartisan initiative. (Contributed photo)

Class of 2025: VCU Votes co-leader Merilyn Arikkat drives civic engagement among fellow students

April 28, 2025

The biology major and aspiring doctor is among national honorees for championing democracy.

Fotis Sotiropoulos, Ph.D., provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, speaks to students in a general education course that is part of the ConnectED program. (Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

ConnectED program is a powerful link for VCU students

April 28, 2025

Symposium will highlight how the curriculum develops skills applicable to all majors and real-life challenges.

Daniel Gharavi is a junior majoring in biology and business. (Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

Research internships are a PET project with personal ties for junior Daniel Gharavi

April 25, 2025

The biology and business double-major has worked with a medical imaging pioneer and at the NIH, hoping to advance the tracking of Alzheimer’s in addition to cancer.

VCU student volunteers Akil Badvel, Faheem Ahmed, Bilal Naveed and Sanjay Munagapati gather for a photo after a full day of service as part of a service trip in Guatemala. (Contributed photo)

Right from the start, new VCU chapter of Humanity First gets to make an international impact

April 23, 2025

With freshmen leading the way, plus guidance from a junior, students establish a campus unit of the humanitarian nonprofit and provide health care in Guatemala over spring break.

VCU’s undergraduate and graduate research symposiums span the arts and sciences across the university. (file photo)

Symposiums this week showcase how students are rising stars in VCU’s vibrant research community

April 21, 2025

The graduate and undergraduate events display the breadth and depth of discovery on campus.

Esha Sharma, an Honors College student, has participated in more than a half-dozen research projects as an undergraduate at VCU. (William Lineberry, Honors College)

Class of 2025: Esha Sharma finds harmony through humanities and hard science

April 21, 2025

From diverse research projects as an undergraduate, the aspiring ER physician embraced the link between anthropology and medicine.