ChatMarch 29, 2026 — Student artists honored
March 24, 2026 — A new oral history collection preserves voices rarely heard—those of Latinos living in Virginia.
March 23, 2026 — The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award honors an outstanding debut novel published in the preceding calendar year.
March 9, 2026 — For the fifth year, VCU Libraries salutes excellence in journal articles
March 5, 2026 — Mangum, who taught for 51 years at VCU, is donating not only his personal papers but a collection of rare books, including highly sought-after first editions of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
March 3, 2026 — Tenth round of Affordable Course Content awards open to applicants.
February 13, 2026 — As part of VCU Libraries’ 2026 Black History Month Lecture, Elizabeth Way of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology explained how clothing can be just as informative as other historical documents.
January 27, 2026 — Using the resources available to students across VCU, medical student Nihal Patel hopes to make the lives of individuals with disabilities a little easier — one 3D-printed assistive device at a time.
January 21, 2026 — Week includes workshop series and coffee and conversation event
January 16, 2026 — VCU students worry more about text costs than do other Virginia students
January 14, 2026 — National search for a new dean soon underway
January 14, 2026 — Upgrade better serves clinics and classes
January 12, 2026 — She comes to VCU from the Library of Virginia
December 19, 2025 — Band member and former VCUarts student Bob Gorman preserved compelling visual elements of the boundary-blurring act’s history and creativity.
December 10, 2025 — Services change is due to multi-year project
December 4, 2025 — VCU Libraries participates in VIVA trials of AI tools Consensus and Scite
December 3, 2025 — Annual design contest underway.
December 1, 2025 — VCU Libraries invites students to apply for funding to attend the 2026 American Library Association Convention in Chicago. Deadline for applications is March 25, 2026.
December 1, 2025 — VCU Libraries' Jurgen Comics Contest is again challenging VCU student artists to tell a story of banned art and the relationship between that artwork and society.
December 1, 2025 — VCU Libraries' Jurgen Comics Contest is again challenging VCU student artists to tell a story of banned art and the relationship between that artwork and society.
November 7, 2025 — New this academic year, the discussion series explores how generative AI is studied and used across VCU.
November 7, 2025 — The Nov. 18 event, ‘On Native Ground: Virginia Native Nations, Sovereignty, and Persistence,’ features Stephen Adkins and is part of the VCU Provost Lecture Series.
October 29, 2025 — VCU Libraries' new digital Gay Alliance of Students collection makes the club’s historic fight for recognition visible through the letters, receipts, memos and legal documents.
October 22, 2025 — VCU Libraries will soon unveil a new tool to engage students and aid researchers.
October 17, 2025 — VCU librarian Nia Rodgers is the incoming chair of the Depository Library Council and will serve in this national role July 2026-June 2027.
October 15, 2025 — In partnership with VCU Libraries, a faculty team in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Department (GSWS) has received $10,000 from the Southern Regional Education Board’s Open Educational Capacity Building Grant program.
October 2, 2025 — VCU Libraries, in support of open and affordable course materials across the VCU community, announces a new round of VIVA Open Grants.
October 1, 2025 — The Open Science Framework (OSF), a key tool for managing data, will launch an update and redesign Oct. 11.
September 15, 2025 — The exhibit draws on the library’s collections to portray the James River which flows through the center of Richmond.
September 15, 2025 — A Sensory Room is new this semester at James Branch Cabell Library.
September 11, 2025 — VCU Libraries will celebrate Free to Read Week from October 6-10, 2025.
September 11, 2025 — VCU Libraries will hold a virtual community event focused on its recently launched “Richmond Police Department Surveillance Collection."
September 11, 2025 — Friends of VCU Libraries present scholarships.
August 13, 2025 — A new digital collection offers a rare window into Richmond’s civil rights era and the individuals who helped shape it in the early 1960s and 1970s.
August 13, 2025 — De Marcken will receive the prize, which is now in its 24th year, during a public event at VCU on Nov. 5.
August 22, 2025 — Apply by September: Student advisors needed for VCU Libraries
July 17, 2025 — Fall semester events line-up set.