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A still image from “Blinders,” one of several student films that will be screened at the Richmond International Film Festival as part of a new program, (CAP)SULE. (Contributed image)

Richmond film festival to feature recent VCU graduates

Sept. 10, 2025

Their short documentaries from a Robertson School media production class will be screened on Sept. 24.

VCU announces recipients of 2025 faculty awards for scholarship, teaching excellence

Sept. 10, 2025

Interim Provost Beverly J. Warren today announced 30 winners of VCU’s National/International Recognition Awards and 25 winners of the Excellence in Pedagogical Innovation Awards.

Fulbright recipients from VCU will travel to Argentina, Bulgaria, Germany, Nigeria and Taiwan during the 2025-26 academic year. (File photo)

Five recent graduates receive prestigious Fulbright awards for the 2025-26 academic year

July 23, 2025

The selections continue VCU’s upward trend of honorees in the federal cultural exchange program.

Alexis Washington is a news intern with NBC station WWBT this summer through an Association of Virginia Broadcasters program. (Contributed photo)

Alexis Washington is sporting experience from the TV studio

June 30, 2025

Framed by summer internships, the broadcast journalism student will help VCU Athletics in the fall.

(Left to right) Tobi Ojo, a health services and sociology major; Noor Chouman and Jumana Meri, co-presidents of VCU P.R.I.M.E; VCU President Michael Rao, Ph.D.; Judith Crenshaw, assistant professor in the Robertson School of Communication; Christopher Brooks, Ph.D, professor of anthropology in the School of World Studies; and Chelsea Gary, director of recruitment and student programs in the College of Health Professions. (Photo by Skip Rowland)

Four honorees spotlighted for multicultural enrichment at VCU

April 29, 2025

‘You welcome all who come,’ Rao says at the 2025 PACME ceremony.

With a new name, the Richard T. Robertson School of Communication is embracing its ongoing evolution. From left to right: Fotis Sotiropoulos, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs; Richard T. Robertson; Peyton Rowe, director of the Robertson School; and Catherine Ingrassia, dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences. (Sydney Smith, College of Humanities and Sciences)

VCU adopts a new name for the Robertson School

April 24, 2025

Now the Richard T. Robertson School of Communication, the change reflects the breadth of its disciplines and the evolving industry landscape.

In 2005, Wilma Wirt speaks at an end-of-semester job fair she held each semester to give her students experience with interviewing and to help graduating seniors find jobs. (Photo by Thomas Gehring)

Longtime journalism professor and Capital News Service founder Wilma Wirt dies at 89

April 8, 2025

A beloved advisor and mentor with high standards, she created hands-on experiences that propelled students into communications and teaching careers.

VCU researcher Mariam Alkazemi tracked the evolution of an Egyptian social media group between two periods of protest. (Getty Images)

VCU researcher finds insights into social media, activism and journalism by exploring unrest in Egypt

March 31, 2025

A Facebook group’s transition points to how 2010s expectations for social media didn’t materialize, the Robertson School’s Mariam Alkazemi says.

New research by Baobao Song, Ph.D., finds that celebrity endorsements from South Korean boy band BTS and other celebrities can push their fans to take action. (Photo: AJEONG_JM, Wikimedia Commons)

Celebrity endorsements can drive advocacy by fans, VCU researcher finds

March 6, 2025

Examining the popular South Korean boy band BTS and their preferred causes, the study found three factors that shape the behavior of their devoted followers.

VCU alums who won Black History in the Making Awards when they were students. Clockwise from top left: Eloise Berry, Ph.D., Fadel Allassan, Jaz-Munn Johnson, M.D., Taylor Pattie, Tonecia Brothers-Sutton and Sasha Pierre-Louis.

Checking in with VCU’s Black history makers

Feb. 26, 2025

For more than four decades, VCU has honored students with Black History in the Making Awards – and here are updates on six accomplished recipients.