The nature of medicine
Alum and famed wilderness doctor Luanne Freer founded Everest Base Camp Clinic, but it wasn’t until she got out of her element that she found a new understanding of healing.
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With all deliberate need
70 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education. Then the Civil Rights Movement asked its children to do their part.
‘Ain’t nothing like the real thing’
Scott Nolley (B.A.’91), head conservator at the Hirshhorn Museum, reflects on the rewards of bringing a work of art back to its former glory.
The light in the refrigerator
RVA Community Fridges founder Taylor Scott (B.S.’19) brings fresh produce, a nearly irrepressible optimism and newfound nonprofit status to Richmond’s food fight.
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Anger mismanagement
A VCU researcher finds that when it comes to quelling rage, many use a sledgehammer when a mantra would do
A streetcar undesired
A brief history of one of the River City’s most notable inventions — and its demise.
The streetcar’s legacy
Though the railways were ripped up and paved over, many of their namesake “streetcar suburbs” remain
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Scout law
Bankruptcy attorney Ricky Mason (B.S.’83) reflects on the most challenging case of his career: the Boy Scouts of America settlement.
How to be an artist in New York (and afford rent)
Tips on making it in the City of Dreams
‘The doctors of the lab’
Pathologist, alum and scholarship creator Woon Chow brings us into medicine’s diagnostic nerve center.
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Going out strong
As chemistry professor and strongman Mychal Smith, Ph.D., explains, it’s not about what you lift, but how
Jerry West’s VCU assist
The basketball legend, who died in 2024 at age 86, had a small but meaningful connection to the university.
When stars don’t align
Creative writing student Josh Galarza takes on teenage angst in “The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky.”
Why were the Founding Fathers so into mastodons?
Bernard Means, Ph.D., explains a curious obsession.
