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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.
VCU Libraries’ inaugural Book Artist in Residence exhibits at The Anderson
July 25, 2024 — Inaugural student honoree completes residency by exhibiting her work.
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.
Affordable Course Content Awards support free textbooks for 6 new courses
May 28, 2024 — New projects are varied.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.’
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.
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.
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

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