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  • Fourth-floor study areas are all open
    December 2, 2024 — Repairs are complete in wake of water leak.
  • Some fourth-floor study areas closed due to water damage
    December 1, 2024 — Inconvenience should be short-lived with repairs expected this week. 
  • Student design contest carries $500 prize
    November 11, 2024 — Annual design contest underway
  • Canine pest control gives all-clear for bedbug inspection
    November 7, 2024 — Actions taken on bedbugs report  
  • Continuing legacy of the Obama presidency focus of 2025 Black History Month Lecture
    October 30, 2024 — Obama Presidential Center curator to deliver keynote
  • No evidence of bed bugs in Cabell Library
    October 11, 2024 — Rumors of bed bugs in Cabell Library are, indeed, rumors
  • Kelsa Bartley named Assistant Director and Head of Research and Education department
    October 7, 2024 — New department head reports Nov. 25
  • Faculty: Apply by November 13 for state grants to support the adoption of open, free course materials 
    October 2, 2024 — New cycle of grants begins
  • VCU Libraries seeks student entries in comic arts contest with $1,000 prize
    September 26, 2024 — Students invited to submit artwork by Jan. 31, 2025
  • Evolution: Librarians lead conversation on Generative Artificial Intelligence
    September 20, 2024 — Libraries historically have been centers for technological innovation. Seeking efficiencies and improvements in organizing and making information accessible, librarians are traditionally early adopters of new technologies.
  • Information literacy expert Mike Caulfield to explore social justice and elections during VCU visit
    September 10, 2024 — His Oct. 15 address, ‘Rumors of Theft,’ is this year’s VCU Libraries Social Justice Lecture, and he will share tested methods for users to determine ‘web credibility.’
  • New online exhibit offers an inside look at the influential – though short-lived – Bang Arts Festival
    September 5, 2024 — VCU Libraries captures the avant-garde spirit of the 1960s event, which brought major artists such as John Cage, Roy Lichtenstein and Twyla Tharp to Richmond and helped forge VCU’s ongoing legacy of creativity.
  • Special Collections and Archives hosts open house Sept. 6 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
    August 30, 2024 — All are welcome to attend.
  • As a beacon in today’s information fog, VCU Libraries launches campaign to encourage people to #VetYourSources
    August 15, 2024 — Information campaign supports users during election season
  • Thank you, donors: VCU Libraries closes FY24 with $559,184 in gifts
    August 12, 2024 — Fundraising report for the year
  • Faculty: Find easier paths to meet NSF and NIH rules to enter your publications into SciENcv
    August 12, 2024 — VCU Libraries has advice to speed up this work
  • Students: Share your ideas as a VCU Libraries advisory committee member
    August 2, 2024 — Apply by September 5 and 8: Student advisors needed for VCU Libraries
  • Grant will preserve Richmond Civil Rights-era films
    August 5, 2024 — The films include footage of: Black Panther Party meetings and activities in the 1960s; anti-draft, anti-war, and anti-busing protests; student protests at local universities; marches including the Poor People's Campaign, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and the trial of H. Rap Brown. 
  • Elisa Gonzalez wins 27th annual Levis Reading Prize for ‘Grand Tour’
    July 30, 2024 — Her debut full-length poetry collection is selected by the MFA in Creative Writing program at VCU.
  • VCU Libraries’ inaugural Book Artist in Residence exhibits at The Anderson
    July 25, 2024 — Inaugural student honoree completes residency by exhibiting her work.
  • Explore Makerspace, Special Collections and more at Health Sciences Library Weeks of Welcome Open House Aug. 27
    July 9, 2024 — Open House at Health Sciences Library set for Aug. 27
  • Alice Winn wins 2024 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for ‘In Memoriam’
    July 9, 2024 — Author will be featured at public event on campus on Nov. 19.
  • Leading the Way: Health Sciences Library hosts national institute for future library leaders
    July 2, 2024 — The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Future Leadership Committee selected the VCU Health Sciences Library to host their 2022-23 Leadership Institute, Capstone and graduation for the National Library of Medicine/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership Fellows Program. 
  • Leading the Way: Health Sciences Library hosts national institute for future library leaders
    July 1, 2024 — Year in Review: Health Sciences Library hosts national institute
  • External funding report for 2023-24
    July 1, 2024 — Year-in-Review wrap up report
  • Comic book pride: In black and white and every color of the rainbow
    June 26, 2024 — In VCU’s Comic Arts Collection, these titles are just a few of the holdings that highlight the LGBTQIA+ experience.
  • Pride Month Reading List
    June 20, 2024 — Humanities Library offers reading list for Pride Month
  • A century ago, 10 women made history at MCV’s segregated school for Black nursing students
    June 20, 2024 — The inaugural graduates from the St. Philip Hospital School of Nursing were trailblazers in health care.
  • For a decade, the Mighty Pen Project has served veterans through writing
    May 29, 2024 — Led by VCU instructor David L. Robbins, the storytelling initiative through the Virginia War Memorial Foundation has fostered creativity, historical perspective and personal healing.
  • Affordable Course Content Awards support free textbooks for 6 new courses
    May 28, 2024 — New projects are varied.
  • Call to artists: Submit by June 17 to ‘UNcommon/UNconventional’ exhibit
    May 9, 2024 — To celebrate the unique character of VCU and RVA, VCU Libraries seeks visual works of art for a curated exhibit for The Cabell Screen.
  • VCU's government documents expert appointed to Government Publishing Office's national advisory council
    May 7, 2024 — National council directs Government Publishing Office's relationship with libraries.
  • VCU Libraries updates digital collections
    May 7, 2024 — Users will find many improvements searching and discovering. 
  • VCU Data Science Lab wins inaugural National Institutes of Health award for promoting trust in research
    May 7, 2024 — The honor highlights a team that has enhanced scientific rigor and transparency across the breadth of campus projects.
  • Fashion Revolution Day: Student groups and The Workshop stage slow fashion, mending session April 24
    April 15, 2024 — Slow fashion movement marked at workshop.
  • VCU students, faculty document oral history of the East Marshall Street Well Project
    April 8, 2024 — The Health Humanities Lab, a research lab at VCU’s Humanities Research Center, is conducting the project in collaboration with the Family Representative Council.
  • Cabell First Novelist Award Top 20 finalists for 2024 announced
    April 3, 2024 — Cabell First Novelist Awards Top 20 list 
  • Please donate to VCU Libraries 2024 Giving Day priorities
    March 18, 2024 — On Giving Day, April 24, VCU alumni, parents, faculty, staff, patients, friends and neighbors come together for 24 hours to support the scholarships, programs, research and initiatives that transform our world.
  • At presidential election forum, VCU political analysts frame Biden-Trump rematch in familiar terms
    March 18, 2024 — ‘Civil Discourse’ event featured professors John Aughenbaugh, Alex Keena and Allie Reckendorf, who emphasize voter turnout and party mobilization.
  • Partners share thinking underlying upcoming Creative Inquiries event
    March 18, 2024 — March 29 is the annual Creative Inquiries event organized by The Workshop at James Branch Cabell Library.
  • Students: Win a study room pizza party on VCU Libraries Instagram 
    March 13, 2024 — Play along with VCU Libraries Instagram contest
  • Power of the Pen
    March 11, 2024 — Veterans find their voices through the Mighty Pen Project.
  • VCU Publishing presents 2024 awards for outstanding journal articles
    March 6, 2024 — Annual awards honor excellence
  • VCU librarian honored for leadership in health sciences collections for foundational text
    March 5, 2024 — Groundbreaking open access publication informs best practices in health sciences collections
  • VCU Libraries program has saved students over $10 million in textbook costs
    February 27, 2024 — The Open and Affordable Course Content Initiative has provided $2.1 million in student savings in the current school year alone, while offering faculty more flexibility when selecting course materials.
  • With poise and grace, VCU’s first Black nursing graduate charted a path – and even schooled the faculty on a memorable day
    February 27, 2024 — Two archival documents capture the essence of Charlotte Anne Wynn Pollard and the challenging era she navigated with courage and empathy – traits that her family still celebrates today.
  • Is your favorite seat missing from Cabell Library?
    February 27, 2024 — Seating being refreshed
  • Students keen on writing or illustrating children's or young adult literature: Apply for funding to attend national libraries convention
    February 19, 2024 — Students invited to apply for travel grant.  
  • Ram romances: For one VCU couple, everything started with a pencil
    February 14, 2024 — In 2010, Shakeema and Jamarr Daniels met as students in Cabell Library – and they share a bit of ink to mark the memory.
  • Art, medicine and advocacy intersect for physician-cartoonist who shares her perspective in VCU Black History Month address
    February 14, 2024 — For patients and broader audiences, Shirlene Obuobi brings creativity and commitment to health care, including how racial bias makes its mark.
  • Friends of VCU Libraries annual design contest offers $500 prize
    February 12, 2024 — Friends annual design contest underway.
  • Faculty: Apply for a 2024 Affordable Course Content Award by April 3
    February 12, 2024 — Next round of grants accepting applications.
  • Appointment-only hours increase at Cabell's Special Collections and Archives
    February 12, 2024 — Special Collections and Archives focuses on research appointments
  • VCU online literary journal Blackbird launches new website and publishing schedule
    February 7, 2024 — Digital redesign highlights writing, visual art and audio/video – with improved search and accessibility – for four issues annually.
  • In a hurry to laugh, Global Game Jam teams at VCU create humor on a tight deadline
    February 5, 2024 — Weekend event was a 48-hour rush to create video games, and this year’s theme brought out the smiles.
  • VCU Libraries now offers free Wall Street Journal access and teaching tools
    January 25, 2024 — Newly available resource offers many possibilities in courses.
  • Evening access by card swipe debuts at Health Sciences Library Feb. 12
    January 25, 2024 — New security system in place.
  • New open access publishing funding pays VCU author fees for Springer and American Chemical Society journals
    January 17, 2024 — Articles must be accepted for publication on or after Jan. 1, 2024 to be eligible for coverage.
  • Black History Month lecture explores a doctor's journey of expression and care through the comic arts
    January 5, 2024 — The 2024 Black History Month Lecturer brings a fresh and singular voice to the comic arts.
  • Ram Fridges will provide fresh produce and other perishable foods to VCU students
    November 7, 2024 — In 2021, VCU alum Taylor Scott started RVA Community Fridges. That inspired VCU professor John Jones’ most recent effort to ease food insecurity.