2024 Summer
Alexandra Mitchell’s bespoke profession
The arts alum made her name styling indie musicians boygenius and Father John Misty, designing layered looks with layered meanings — all while creating her own career that combines sourcing and styling: vintage fashion consultant. In this story and Q&A, Mitchell explains how.
A portrait of the artist at work
Alexandra Mitchell (B.A.’16) gives us a peek at her roughly 500-piece vintage clothing collection.
Behind closed doors: Virginia’s eviction epidemic
After a landmark study shined a light on the breadth of eviction proceedings across parts of the country — and turned the nation’s eyes to Virginia — VCU’s RVA Eviction Lab has become crucial to defining the problem and trying to fix it.
Master of Light
Artist and alum Willie Anne Wright found the dreamy world of pinhole photography by chance — or did she?
A royal statement
For the first time, a sitting British monarch acknowledged a link between the royal family and the slave trade. VCU professor Brooke Newman’s research is one reason why.
The start of LGBTQ+medicine
Merle McCann, an alum and HIV/AIDS activist who spent 35 years as a hospital psychiatrist, considers a morbid paradox.
A bird call for wetland health
Humans need marshes. The prothonotary warbler can help us save them.
Jeffrey Blount’s ‘activism of kindness’
The broadcast journalism alum and former “Meet the Press” director takes on race and class in “Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way.”
The pharmacist will see you now
Can these medication experts bolster U.S. primary care?
A miracle cure for sickle cell disease?
Gene therapy can change lives. It’s also costly and onerous. Three experts discuss its future.
What can we do about misinformation?
Battinto Batts, Ph.D. (B.S.’90), dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, shares some steps we can take together.
