
VCU Medical Center ranked No. 1 hospital in Richmond metro area
VCU Medical Center has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 hospital in the Richmond metro area for 2016–17.

VCU Medical Center has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 hospital in the Richmond metro area for 2016–17.

Kris Wernstedt, an associate professor in Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs, heads back to Africa — this time to Tanzania.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine rallied thousands of Virginians in Richmond as he returned home from the Democratic National Convention and a three-day jobs tour across Pennsylvania and Ohio with Hillary Clinton.

VCU Health will host a Facebook Live interview from 1 to 2 p.m. with Gonzalo Bearman, M.D., chairman of the Division of Infectious Diseases at VCU School of Medicine and hospital epidemiologist at VCU Medical Center.

The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of August, is exhibiting in the Cabell/Arehart Gallery the artwork of Harrisonburg artist, Ashley Sauder Miller.

U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan was the first member of UVA’s Army ROTC program to die in the line of duty since the Vietnam War.

A team of researchers led by a Virginia Tech nutrition scientist discovered a molecular mechanism behind fat cell growth and expansion.

The military coup in Turkey failed in the end, and now the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in the midst of a major crackdown.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will host the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) program on August 18-19.

A national research collaboration funded by the National Institutes of Health has found significant racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding outcomes.
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