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Michael Hindle, Ph.D., (left) and Worth Longest, Ph.D., in the aerosol research lab on VCU’s MCV Campus. (Photo by Karl E. Steinbrenner)

VCU Innovators of the Year advance lifesaving aerosol therapy for newborns

Nov. 19, 2025

The collaborative work of Michael Hindle in the School of Pharmacy and P. Worth Longest in the College of Engineering has global implications.

Dickson Donu has published 27 research papers on a range of topics, including studies assessing the prevalence of malaria and the development of new medications to treat or prevent malaria. (Dean Hoffmeyer, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

How I found my research: Dickson Donu joins the battle against malaria

Nov. 19, 2025

Donu, who will earn his Ph.D. from the School of Pharmacy next month, says the most fulfilling aspect of his work is the potential to make a real-world impact.

Ph.D. candidate Rasajna Madhusudhana wins VCU Three-Minute Thesis competition

Oct. 15, 2025

The Medicinal Chemistry student, advised by Yana Cen, Ph.D., will represent VCU in the regional round at the Council of Southern Graduate Schools Conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in February.

Ka Un Lao earns VCU Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award

Sept. 23, 2025

Lao has drawn national attention as an early-career scientist whose work is both novel and significant: He is developing advanced computational tools for studying complex chemical systems.

Drs. Cen and Hylton Gravatt named VCU faculty awardees for research and teaching excellence

Sept. 11, 2025

These awardees, who raise the number of such honorees at VCU SoP to five in the last three years, will be recognized at the university's Faculty Recognition Gala in October.

VCU announces recipients of 2025 faculty awards for scholarship, teaching excellence

Sept. 10, 2025

Interim Provost Beverly J. Warren today announced 30 winners of VCU’s National/International Recognition Awards and 25 winners of the Excellence in Pedagogical Innovation Awards.

VCU researcher’s opioid use disorder project earns NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

Sept. 5, 2025

Medicinal chemist Piyusha Pagare’s new project will focus on counteracting the lethal effect of synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

Medicinal Chemistry faculty earn VCU School of Pharmacy awards for excellence

Aug. 28, 2025

Dr. Cen earned the Award for Excellence in Research and Dr. Nagarajan earned the Customer Service Award at the 3rd Annual VCU School of Pharmacy Convocation.

Dr. Arjun Raghuraman earns ACS' Mid-Career Investigator Award

Aug. 27, 2025

The award was announced at the American Chemical Society Fall Meeting in August.

Center for Drug Discovery co-hosts Jee Hyun Kim

Aug. 25, 2025

Her seminar was titled “Development and maturation as periods of vulnerability and opportunity in memory and forgetting."