University College is home to the Department of Focused Inquiry, Interdisciplinary Studies and the Common Book.
Richmond, VA
Joined June 2016
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The bearer of good snooze: @VCU student Anirudh Mepperla's research project is behind new nap pods on campus. news.vcu.edu/article/2024/10…
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A new minor that lets Virginia Commonwealth University students expand their understanding of mixed and immersive realities and technology’s role in life and work will be available starting in the fall semester. news.vcu.edu/article/2024/03…
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“Memory Wars,” a six-part podcast series that explores how societies confront their difficult histories and sin, has been selected as the 2024-25 #VCU Common Book. It is the first podcast selected in the decade-plus history of the VCU.
Read more: news.vcu.edu/article/2024/01…
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Today is #VCUGivingDay. Your gift, no matter the amount, will help transform the lives of our students, patients, faculty members and the communities VCU serves. Learn more: give.communityfunded.com/o/v…
📚 Last week we were able to donate dozens of copies of two previous @VCUCommonBook texts (“One Person, No Vote”and “Just Mercy”) to George Wythe High School in south Richmond, as well as several other area high schools!
It’s our pleasure to help inspire young readers in #RVA.
ALT A group of students at George Wythe high school pose for a photo with University College leadership and the books they donated
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Class of 2023: Akhila Kunuthuru found her path to medical school and a community she could count on at VCU. She will graduate as an @VCUHonors student with a double major in interdisciplinary studies with a focus in public health. @UC_VCU @VCUCHS news.vcu.edu/article/2023/04…
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🎓Grad Profile🎓
Checkout this profile on one of our amazing students and read about her journey to graduation!
Read more➡️ bit.ly/3MwvPzx
ALT A woman wearing a white top and brown pants stands in front of Cabell Library on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus.
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What makes @VCU uncommon? In a new series, we take a deep dive into five ways VCU is different, and along the way we hope you’ll get to know VCU the place and VCU the community. #UncommonVCU news.vcu.edu/article/2023/03…
“As a Peer Mentor, it has been especially rewarding having the opportunity to meet a diverse group of students and making connections with them.”
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‘Seek You’ selected as VCU’s 2023 Common Book. The graphic nonfiction text explores the ‘silent epidemic’ of loneliness in America and seeks to offer solutions as to how people can connect with those around them.
news.vcu.edu/article/2023/01…
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“Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness,” a graphic nonfiction book by award-winning author @KristenRadtke that documents the “silent epidemic of loneliness” in American society, has been chosen as the 2023 @VCUCommonBook. news.vcu.edu/article/2023/01…
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This evening, authorities in Memphis will release video from the tragic death of Mr. Tyre Nichols. We truly care about you & each of your lived experiences at VCU. We are here to support all of our entire community in the coming days. Read the full here:
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It is with profound sadness that we share news about the death of VCU student Mahrokh Khan. @VCUpresident Rao and the entire VCU community extend our sincerest condolences to Mahrokh’s family, friends and all who knew her.
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Our Dean Constance Relihan, Ph.D. (@VcuucD) penned one of the most read articles of last year for Academic Leader!
It details how to transform general education offerings at universities.
Read it here➡️ bit.ly/3Cl1KwV
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Sometimes you just need a visual aid. As FI students processed what happened to Bruce Tucker in this year’s @VCUCommonBook Organ Thieves, a timeline of events helped them identity their biggest concerns in the case.
#vcu2026 #vcu #organthieves #focusedinquiry
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A very special thank you again to Common Book author Chip Jones for an amazing keynote address last week around his book, The Organ Thieves.
Read the recap of the address➡️ bit.ly/3MF9Tjq
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ALT Chip Jones delivers a keynote address last week at the singleton center
ALT Chip jones and University college associate Dean Stephanie rizzi take part in a q and a
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“It’s humbling to be the Common Book author…Students have the energy and power to be the agents of change.”-Chip Jones
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Our keynote is underway! If you can’t be here in person, tune into the livestream.
Livestream➡️ rvav.com/commonbook-keynote/
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Chip Jones is taking some time to talk with @VCU_FI students today about writing and research!
“You really are a kind of detective [as a writer and researcher].”
ALT Chip jones talking with a focused inquiry class