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Undergraduate Student News

Tamara Eddy embraced the outdoors while at VCU – both for research and fun. (Contributed photo)

Class of 2025: Tamara Eddy was happily ‘bitten by the bat’

May 6, 2025

The biology major’s love of nature blossomed on an unexpected path framed by the pandemic.

Felicia Fowler will graduate in May with a degree in religious studies from VCU’s College of Humanities and Sciences. (Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

Class of 2025: Felicia Fowler relishes the long journey to her VCU degree

May 5, 2025

The Residential Life and Housing staff member, who is graduating more than three decades after starting her studies, represents ‘a remarkable story of persistence.’

Merilyn Arikkat, who will graduate in May, is co-executive director of VCU Votes, a student-led, nonpartisan initiative. (Contributed photo)

Class of 2025: VCU Votes co-leader Merilyn Arikkat drives civic engagement among fellow students

April 28, 2025

The biology major and aspiring doctor is among national honorees for championing democracy.

Daniel Gharavi is a junior majoring in biology and business. (Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

Research internships are a PET project with personal ties for junior Daniel Gharavi

April 25, 2025

The biology and business double-major has worked with a medical imaging pioneer and at the NIH, hoping to advance the tracking of Alzheimer’s in addition to cancer.

Cloud Easterly, a second-year communication arts major at VCU, said the Graphic Narratives Lab fellowship was the push they needed to bring their ideas to life. Here, their character Suko poses with some sidekicks. (Contributed by Cloud Easterly)

Undergraduates flex their comics creativity in VCU’s Graphic Narratives Lab

April 24, 2025

The initial cohort of students explores visual storytelling and scholarship.

Jenna Hallinger (right) during an Outdoor Adventure Club outing. Hallinger was a student leader for the group. (Contributed photo)

Class of 2025: Jenna Hallinger gets her hands around history

April 23, 2025

Her path to archaeology was molded by VCU classes, a VMFA internship and field work in Romania.

VCU student volunteers Akil Badvel, Faheem Ahmed, Bilal Naveed and Sanjay Munagapati gather for a photo after a full day of service as part of a service trip in Guatemala. (Contributed photo)

Right from the start, new VCU chapter of Humanity First gets to make an international impact

April 23, 2025

With freshmen leading the way, plus guidance from a junior, students establish a campus unit of the humanitarian nonprofit and provide health care in Guatemala over spring break.

Esha Sharma, an Honors College student, has participated in more than a half-dozen research projects as an undergraduate at VCU. (William Lineberry, Honors College)

Class of 2025: Esha Sharma finds harmony through humanities and hard science

April 21, 2025

From diverse research projects as an undergraduate, the aspiring ER physician embraced the link between anthropology and medicine.

VCU’s undergraduate and graduate research symposiums span the arts and sciences across the university. (file photo)

Symposiums this week showcase how students are rising stars in VCU’s vibrant research community

April 21, 2025

The graduate and undergraduate events display the breadth and depth of discovery on campus.

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Three undergraduates and one recent alum earn distinguished awards for international summer study

April 15, 2025

The four, who have ties to the Honors College, will pursue programs related to diplomacy and science.