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November 17, 2025
VCU, city of Richmond adjust four intersections in traffic safety pilot program
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November 17, 2025
Campuses across U.S. rally to make biking safer, easier, and better
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VCU Sustainability
September 24, 2025
The plots thicken: VCU's seeds of sustainability are growing
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September 24, 2025
VCU Police creates student advisory committee to help reimagine policing
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VCU Facilities Management
September 9, 2025
What's being built? A roundup of campus construction projects at VCU
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Parking & Transportation
July 29, 2025
VCU establishes new shuttle service between Monroe Park and MCV campuses
VCU News
ONE VCU Master Plan
July 7, 2025
VCU School of Dentistry taps Kahler Slater and Hanbury to design new dental school building
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May 2, 2025
Class of 2025: From VCU Police to the School of Business, Stephen Kouevi takes root
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2025
VCU Finance & Administration
VCU Enterprise Risk Management
VCU Facilities Management
- Campuses across U.S. rally to make biking safer, easier, and better
- How many trees are on VCU's campuses?
- The plots thicken: VCU's seeds of sustainability are growing
- What's being built? A roundup of campus construction projects at VCU
- VCU approved to buy $300 million Altria research building
- VCU to build $9 million catering kitchen in dorm at Cary and Belvidere
- VCU to replace former on-campus Chili's restaurant space with $9M catering facility
- When the water turned off, the VCU response team turned on, January 10, 2025
VCU Human Resources
- 'Full-circle moment' highlights the power of mentorship in VCU career communities
- VCU Work+ mini-conference brings together working learners and their supervisors
One VCU Master Plan
- VCU 'tops out' CoStar Center for Arts and Innovation
- Project Snapshot: $253M VCU arts center at Broad and Belvidere nears construction milestone
- A 110-year-old VCU building could stay vacant five more years
- VCU board approves $25M contract to start site work on 14-story dorm on Grace St.
- VCU approves 1,000-bed dormitory on West Grace Street
- City, VCU launch plan to improve intersection safety with left-turn hardening
- Richmond tests new safety features near VCU. Will it work?
- VCU, city of Richmond adjust four intersections in traffic safety pilot program
- Richmond DPU, VCU launch plan to improve intersection safety
- Richmond, Squirrels, VCU commit to Diamond District deals
- VCU, Squirrels, EDA finalize agreements for new ballpark
- VCU School of Dentistry taps Kahler Slater and Hanbury to design new dental school building
- Sink your teeth into VCU's future School of Dentistry
- Virginia Commonwealth University plans 312,000-square-foot facility for dental school
- VCU School of Dentistry taps Kahler Slater and Hanbury to design new dental school building
- Virginia Commonwealth University to construct new building for dental school
- VCU to get new facility to serve as School of Dentistry
- VCU board OK's demolition work for Grace Street dorm, MCV dentistry school projects
- VCU plans to demolish Grace Street buildings and downtown student center
- VCU approved to buy $300 Altria research building
- VCU to build $9 million catering kitchen in dorm at Cary and Belvidere
- VCU to replace former on-campus Chili's restaurant space with $9M catering facility
VCU Occupational Health & Safety
VCU Police
- VCU Police creates student advisory committee to help reimagine policing
- Vowing trustworthiness and respect, Clarence Hunter is sworn in as new chief of VCU Police
- After 15 years as police chief, John Venuti reflects on his tenure and looks ahead to a new chapter in his career
- Clarence T. Hunter Jr. named VCU Police chief
2024
VCU and VCU Health
VCU Administration
VCU Business Services
VCU Facilities Management
- In the historic Egyptian Building, creativity rose to the occasion to replace more than 1,200 ceiling tiles, VCU News, October 14, 2024
- VCU parking decks get safety improvements with tech upgrades, 12 News, September 3, 2024
- New tech upgrades improve safety and ease use of VCU's parking decks, VCU News, September 2, 2024
- For Rams finding their way, VCU introduces new interactive campus map, VCU News, August 29, 2024
- RamSafety specializes in transporting precious cargo: You, VCU News, August 22, 2024
- A man for all seasons, VCU News, July 24, 2024
- VCU's Sustainability Team restores green infrastructure, Sempervirens, The Quarterly of the Virginia Native Plant Society, Summer 2024
- Egyptian Revival, Richmond Magazine, June 2, 2024
VCU Finance
VCU Human Resources
- VCU staff turnover continues to decrease, VCU News, August 6, 2024
- Alison Miller named chief human resources officer of VCU, VCU News, July 3, 2024
ONE VCU Master Plan
- Four projects receive honorable mentions at the LIT Lighting Design Awards, The Lighting Practice, December 5, 2024
- VCU celebrates groundbreaking for Athletic Village that will help 'change the face of Richmond,' VCU News, November 1, 2024
- VCU breaks ground on its Athletics Village. What's included in the $200 million plan? 6 News Richmond, October 31, 2024
- Construction begins on VCU's 42 acre Athletic Village, Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 31, 2024
- Construction begins on VCU's Athletic Village: 'scratching the surface of growth,' WWBT, October 30, 2024
- VCU School of Dentistry granted planning authorization to construct new building, VCU News, May 31, 2024
- Rao, VCUarts dean speak at celebration for new arts building, The Commonwealth Times, April 17, 2024
- A new home for creativity and collaboration at VCU, VCU News, April 16, 2024
- VCU to start demolition this spring for $253M art and innovation center at Broad and Belvidere, Richmond BizSense, March 25, 2024
- VCU to start demolition this spring for $253M art and innovation center at Broad and Belvidere, 6 News Richmond, March 25, 2024
- VCU planning to build undergraduate dorm, leaders await approval, ABC 8 News, March 22, 2024
- VCU board votes to approve West Grace Street dorm building, ABC 8 News, March 22, 2024
- VCU planning new dorm with up to 1,250 beds on West Grace, 6 News Richmond, March 20, 2024
- VCU planning new dorm with up to 1,250 beds on West Grace, Richmond BizSense, March 20, 2024
- VCU planning to build undergraduate dorm building on West Grace Street, ABC 8 News, March 20, 2024
- VCU planning new dentistry school building on MCV campus, rather than Public Safety site, Richmond BizSense, March 5, 2024
- VCU announced a new dentistry school building in Richmond. Here's what you need to know, 6News Richmond, March 5, 2024
- VCU identifies location of future School of Dentistry building, VCU News, March 4, 2024
- VCU finds location of future School of Dentistry building, pending authorization from lawmakers, 8News, March 4, 2024
- VCU picks out location for future dental school building, Becker's Dental + DSO Review, March 4, 2024
- VCU plans to make Grace its "campus main street", Axios Richmond, February 14, 2024
- VCU plans to turn Grace Street into a campus "main street": What could that look like?, The Commonwealth Times, January 31, 2024
- VCU says work to begin on 42-acre 'Athletic Village' this spring, Richmond BizSense, January 22, 2024
- How a new VCU School of Dentistry building would benefit all Virginians, VCU News, January 17, 2024
VCU Police
- How VCU's more than 1,800 security camera contribute to campus safety, VCU News, September 5, 2024
- Safety ambassadors add a layer of protection and engagement on VCU campuses, VCU News, August 26, 2024
- How VCU and the city of Richmond are working together to keep pedestrians safe, VCU News, August 21, 2024
- In offering choices for investigation, VCU Police empower survivors of sexual assault, VCU News, August 30, 2024
- How VCU's text and email alerts keep students and the community informed, VCU News, August 16, 2024
VCU Safety & Risk Management
- VCU promotes Michael Cimis to associate vice president for safety and risk management, VCU News, September 24, 2024
- VCU expands lifesaving stations on campus, VCU News, September 10, 2024
- VCU brings together employee well-being experts to share best practices, VCU News, August 21, 2024
2023
VCU Administration
VCU Human Resources
- HR leader Cathleen Burke retires after four-plus decades at VCU, VCU News, December 15, 2023
- Alison Miller of VCU Human Resources wins leadership award from Richmond professional group, VCU News, October 25, 2023
VCU Police
- VCU completes pedestrian safety study, VCU News, Sept. 29, 2023
- VCU Police, other first responders to wish patients a special goodnight in new Children's Tower, VCU Health, April 26, 2023
- Meet-a-Ram: Safety ambassador Denise Smith embraces her role on VCU Police's unarmed response team, VCU News, April 24, 2023
- ‘They’re not police. They’re not security. They’re this other thing’: VCU police launch Safety Ambassadors team to improve their response, ABC 8 News, March 6, 2023
- Safety Ambassadors: VCU Police introduce civilian team of emergency responders, ABC8 News, March 6, 2023
- Safety ambassadors: A VCU Police civilian response team is now assigned to both campuses, VCU News, March 2, 2023
- VCU Police crack down on dangerous driving around campus, NBC12, February 22, 2023
- VCU Police announce campaign to promote pedestrian, cyclist and driver safety, VCU News, February 8, 2023
ONE VCU Master Plan
- VCU to demolish 8 buildings, making way for new projects, Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 13, 2023
- Take a video tour of VCU's new STEM building on Franklin Street, VCU News, September 1, 2023
- CoStar commits $18M to new VCU arts and innovation building, WTOP News, May 16, 2023
- CoStar to contribute $18M for construction of VCU Arts & Innovation Center, NBC12, May 16, 2023
- VCU moves forward on construction of Center for Arts and Innovation, CoStar commits $18M WRIC, May 16, 2023
- VCU to start construction on athletics village this fall, Richmond Times Dispatch, May 15, 2023
- CoStar Group announces $18M commitment to VCU for the construction of the CoStar Center for Arts and Innovation, VCU News, May 12, 2023
- CoStar Group Commits $18M for New Arts and Innovation Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, CoStar, May 12, 2023
- VCU finishes construction of $125M STEM building on Franklin St., Richmond BizSense, May 2, 2023
- Virginia First Responder made the opening of VCU Medical Centers Children's Tower a special one for the young patients, WUSA9, May 2, 2023
- Richmond’s new home for pediatric inpatient, emergency and trauma care officially opens, VCU Health News Center, May 1, 2023
- Watch 'absolutely epic' way first responders welcomed patients to the new Children's Tower in Richmond, WTVR CBS 6, May 1, 2023
- Children’s Tower – Richmond’s new home for pediatric inpatient, emergency and trauma care – is now open, Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU blog, April 30, 2023
- VCU unveils six-story STEM building that will open to over 10,000 students this fall, ABC8 News WRIC, April 27, 2023
- 'Learn, discover, and innovate': VCU celebrates the opening of its new STEM building, VCU News, April 26, 2023
- VCU President Rao cuts ribbon on College of Humanities and Sciences STEM building, Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 26, 2023
- VCU to open $125M STEM building next week, Virginia Business, April 20, 2023
- VCU to celebrate opening of new STEM building, VCU News, April 18, 2023
- VCU completes $420M Children's Hospital addition as Bon Secours caps of clinic in Manchester, Richmond BizSense, April 3, 2023
- Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU celebrates ribbon-cutting of new Children's Tower, VCU Health News Center, March 28, 2023
- VCU to increase visibility in Richmond with signs you can't miss, Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 28, 2023
- New Children's Tower Opens At VCU Children's Hospital of Richmond, NBC 12, March 28, 2023
- Preview of the new Wonder Tower at the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 24, 2023
VCU Facilities Management
- VCU's Free Store opens for the first time in three years, VCU InSight, October 26, 2023
- VCU Free Store back open for business, RIC Today, October 23, 2023
- VCU Free Store reopens in new space with no-cost goods and a 'thrift store vibe,' VCU News, October 20, 2023
- What's new at VCU for 2023-24, VCU News, September 7, 2023
- Mural by VCUarts student reveals the invisible danger of heat island effect, VCU News, August 25, 2023
- VCU, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partner to restore migratory fish in Virginia rivers, VCU News, May 18, 2023
- A Growing Connection, Richmond Magazine, May 14, 2023
- This duo helps keep VCU running and tenants smiling, VCU News, April 20, 2023
Parking and Transportation
2022
Finance and Administration
VCU Police
2021-2019
2021
VCU Human Resources
VCU Facilities Management
- VCU earns Gold for sustainability, VCU News, December 13, 2021
- New electric vehicle stations add charging capacity on campus, VCU News, November 18, 2021
- 'A great second chance': How two VCU programs are helping future tradespeople develop their skills, VCU News, August 10, 2021
Parking and Transportation
2020
VCU Facilities Management
- A Resiliency Garden blooms, VCU News, October 15, 2020
- Facilities Management employees celebrated by fellow VCU staff, VCU News, August 3, 2020
- Keeping staff, faculty and students healthy, VCU News, August 5, 2020
- Changes to campus are afoot to protect against COVID-19 - here's what to expect, VCU News, August 3, 2020
2019
VCU Police
VCU Facilities Management
Parking and Transportation
- GRTC celebrating 1-year anniversary of Pulse, WRIC, June 24, 2019
- Michael Rao and Thomas F. Farrell II column: Pulse’s successful first year points to a bright future, Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 24, 2019
- VCU, GRTC reach multi-year agreement, Mass Transit Magazine, June 5, 2019
- VCU, GRTC team up to provide transportation to students, employees, NBC12, June 4, 2019
- VCU students and employees can continue riding GRTC under new three-year deal, Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 4, 2019
2018
VCU Human Resources
VCU Facilities Management