VCU begins construction of new children’s psychiatric facility

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System broke ground Dec. 11 on the new Virginia Treatment Center for Children pediatric psychiatric facility that will provide increased access to clinical care for children from across the state. Read more.

Thank you notes

Contributions to Virginia Commonwealth University’s student scholarship funds are a crucial driver of student success. Each year, the university offers scholarships to deserving students. Read more.

Business: 25 years after starting school, degree completed

Many of Saturday’s graduates may not appreciate how much Virginia Commonwealth University has changed over the past 25 years. But Heather Herring (B.S.’14/B) is not one of them. Read more.

Students help out at after-school programs, food pantries

Once a week during the past semester, VCU student Kirk Leppert would set up a table outside a barber shop in Richmond’s Jackson Ward neighborhood and offer fresh produce from Shalom Farms, a nonprofit organization that aims to fight hunger in the city’s food deserts. Read more.

Global Education: Something to be thankful for

Thanksgiving is a uniquely North American experience, with families in the U.S. and Canada spending the day together and offering thanks for the good things in their lives over the previous year. Read more.

Medicine: Family celebrates a 101st birthday with gift

Clelia Johnson turned 101 in September. She remembers clearly coming to work at the Medical College of Virginia soon after high school. She had “the audacity,” she said, to ask the president of the college at the time, William Sanger, Ph.D., to speak at her medical secretary graduation. That contact led to her first job and then to a more than 60-year career working in medical pathology. Read more.

Pharmacy: Dean to serve as president-elect of national pharmacy association

Joseph T. DiPiro, Pharm.D., dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, has been named president-elect of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Read more.

Business: Globalization and sustainability certificate offered

The Center for International Business Advancement in the VCU School of Business is pleased to offer a new certificate program, the Certificate of Completion in Globalization and Sustainability. Read more.

Athletics: The Shaping of Shaka

Any story about Shaka Smart has to address his rationalization for turning down UCLA, North Carolina State, Illinois, Tennessee and just about every other job that’s opened in recent years to remain at VCU, and this story will address that before it’s done, I promise. But first I want to tell you about a typewriter, a door that wouldn’t shut and the last time Shaka Smart saw his father. Read more.

Brighter futures

Any parent of a child with serious health conditions knows how important access to top-notch care that is close to home can be in keeping everyone in the family healthy and sane during times of tremendous stress. When your child has 30-plus appointments a month, small details can make a huge difference. Read more.

December AAAC meeting 10 a.m.-noon Dec. 20

RVA GOLD watch party: VCU vs. Cincinnati 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dec. 20

"Through the Looking Glass: An Exhibit of Microscopic Images" 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Dec. 31

RVA GOLD pregame social: VCU vs. Saint Joseph's Noon-1:30 p.m. Jan. 10