RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) announced on its official news site that the Board of Visitors had voted on Friday to not require students to take a racial literacy course. The ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Incoming VCU students will likely be tasked with a new set of learning requirements come next fall, but some of the new courses students could choose from to fulfill that requirement ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Commonwealth University is considering whether to make courses on racism a requirement for its students. Constance Relihan, dean of VCU’s University College, told the ...

Two Virginia public universities scrapped plans to require students to complete diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) classes in order to graduate after Gov. Glenn Youngkin's recent audit. Virginia ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — When you’re transgender, finding a doctor who understands your specific needs can be a challenge, so now the VCU School of Medicine is taking a new step to help. Rob Phillips’ ...

When the police killings of Black people, including George Floyd set off racial unrest across the country in 2020, Marie Vergamini decided she wanted to do her part to help address systemic racism. So ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — In a fiery letter to VCU administration, one professor called the decision to indefinitely postpone a campus-wide racism course requirement ‘discriminatory’ and ‘flawed.’ The ...

RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently requested syllabi from two state universities, a move some faculty called “unprecedented” and reflective of a national trend to challenge academic freedom. Some ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Commonwealth University's fall semester classes are slated to begin August 17 with a mixture of in-person, hybrid and online courses, per a release from President Michael Rao ...

The Virginia Commonwealth University course on race and racism was born out of the twin traumas of anti-Black police violence and a killer virus. George Floyd had been murdered by a Minneapolis police ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Missing a department head, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has been unable to offer Jewish Studies courses for the past three semesters. Now, the school told 8News that ...

In a cluttered brick building off Currie Street in Richmond, Robert Doss gets to work. His employer, Cabinetry and Construction Inc., moved to the new building near Virginia Union University over the ...