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National Science Foundation funds will help VCU better train math graduate teachers

Aug. 27, 2020

The grant is part of a collaborative project at three universities to improve undergraduate STEM education across the country by training TAs in engaging, inclusive and equitable instruction.

Angelique James, a sophomore majoring in mass communications in the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture, donates pocket change to a fundraising effort led by her statistics professor, Rebecca Durfee.

Durfee leads students in providing pocket change to help low-income families in a rural Virginia community

Nov. 11, 2019

"I thought, I want to do something. I want to send some money out to Quicksburg and help these teachers provide these families with food and necessities. And then I realized I have 250 students."

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How computer network models could help us better understand our sense of smell

Sept. 12, 2019

A team of researchers from the University of Arkansas, Virginia Commonwealth University and Southern Methodist University has received a $922,531 grant from the National Science Foundation to gain a better understanding of our sense of smell.

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VCU students’ internship will help VDOT better predict oversight costs of local projects

Aug. 27, 2019

The students — Jessica Cooper, Katrina Gauntt, Dani Jabado and Katherine Werner — are interning with the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Local Assistance Division to build a predictive modeling tool for oversight costs of locally administered projects.