Larry Sanders Talks About VCU Basketball

By Jerome Foster
VCU InSight
RICHMOND, Va. — The VCU men’s basketball season ended with a one-point loss to UCLA last season in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Larry Sanders, VCU’s junior center, says the team is using that loss a motivation as for the upcoming season.
“We’ll get back there and we won’t let it happen [...]

Anderson Gallery Wraps Up Carlyon Exhibit

By Taylor Hall
VCU Insight
RICHMOND, Va. –  The VCU Anderson Gallery just wrapped up the very popular exhibit “Richard Carlyon: A Retrospective.”
The exhibit featured a re-creation of Richard’s study as it appeared for more than 50 years on West Broad Street.  Richard Carylon, a former VCU faculty member who died in 2006,  was a pivotal figure [...]

Historic Preservation Planning Taught At VCU

By Amy Via and Taylor Hall
VCU InSight
RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond and areas surrounding it are rich with history and diverse architecture.  The city has numerous “Old and Historic” districts which have been preserved through historic preservation programs and initiatives.
Virginia Commonwealth University has a unique program within their Urban and Regional Studies department, in which students can earn [...]

Historic Foundation Discusses Mission and Successes

By Alonna Artis
VCU InSight
The Historic Richmond Foundation is the oldest non-profit organization in Richmond. Founded in 1935, the Historic Richmond Foundation preserves the historic assets that define Richmond’s unique character.
Katie Kelley, the foundation’s marketing manager, says that preserving Richmond’s history has real results.
“Sixteen years ago we saved The National Theater on Broad St. from demolition [...]

Rams Picked to Finish Third in Colonial

By Matt Doyon and Alonna Artis
VCU InSight
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the Colonial Athletic Association’s recent Media Day in the nation’s capitol, the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball team was projected to finish in third place.
Sports information directors and media professionals from around the CAA voted the Rams to finish behind Old Dominion and Northeastern in [...]

Harry Potter’s ‘Quidditch’ Comes To VCU

By Curtis Cobert and Jerome Foster
VCU Insight
Richmond, Va.– It seems that the fictional game of Quidditch is starting to take the real world by storm.
Two years ago, “Harry Potter” fans at Virginia Commonwealth University started a club dedicated to the game made famous by the book series by J.K. Rowling.
Without the help of flying brooms, [...]

Vampires Strike VCU

By Curtis Cobert
VCU Insight
Richmond, Va.– The vampire frenzy that’s sweeping the nation has hit Virginia Commonwealth University. The university is offering a class through the Department of English that deals with “Vampire Literature.”
The class reads and sees films such as “Twilight,” “Interview with the Vampire,” and “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.”

New Cary Street Gym To Provide ‘All-In-One’ Service

By Amy Via
VCU InSight
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Commonwealth University’s Cary Street Gym on the Monroe Park Campus has been in construction for just under two years.  The renovations will accommodate the university’s increasing volume of students.
Tom Diehl, Director of VCU Recreational Sports, hopes the new space will bring in up to 4,000 students per day.
“What we [...]

VCU Shafer Dining Court Wins Award

By Iva Radman and Chelse Greaux
VCU InSight
Virginia Commonwealth University’s Market 810 at Shafer Court Dining Center on the Monroe Park campus has been named a Dining Hall of Distinction by University Business Magazine.
Market 810, operated by Aramark, was the winner in the Public Institution category. A total of 65 higher education institutions from around the [...]

Richmond Zombies Walk, Shuffle for the Cure

By Ben Schafer
VCU InSight
RICHMOND, Va.–The fifth annual Richmond Zombie Walk was held Saturday the 24th of October in historic Cary Town.  The largest walk yet this year, the undead numbered close to 400 participants.
The walk has become a favorite Halloween tradition for some Richmond residents. It’s taken to charity over the past three years, raising [...]