Rock pools along the James River in Richmond provide VCU research students with a unique ecosystem to explore. 

The Virginia Microelectronics Center in the VCU College of Engineering is a shared research center providing principal investigators, students and industrial researchers training, access and technical support.

Students participate in field work at Curles Neck Farm near VCU’s Rice Rivers Center as part of NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program.

In the Trani Center for Life Sciences greenhouse, Students grow microgreens as part of their Urban Food Production class; the microgreens are harvested and donated to Ram Pantry.

The College of Humanities and Sciences STEM Building opened in 2023 and features instructional wet and dry labs, the Math Exchange, classrooms, computer labs, study space and more.

A Medical Laboratory Sciences general teaching laboratory in the College of Health Professions building.

The Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health is developing new treatments and therapies to stop, prevent and reverse liver disease.

VCU Shift Retail Lab provides an important space for student entrepreneurs to test their ideas through sales and customer feedback.

Across VCU’s campuses, instructors, researchers and clinicians have turned to VR for teaching, training and patient care.

The VCU Rice Rivers Center Research Facility, which overlooks the James River, includes offices, collaborative/teaching spaces and state-of-the-art research laboratories; researchers can even pump water directly from the river into the facility’s labs.

With a patient-centered approach, the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health will transform lives through translational science. 

The VCU Rice Rivers Center, a part of VCU Life Sciences, supports scholarship and student instruction, including water resources, climate science, wildlife conservation and wetlands restoration.