Just three months shy of its scheduled debut, VCU’s long-anticipated Institute for Contemporary Art has lost its leader.
ICA director steps down ahead of opening
Education
Developers sue VSU over Petersburg office lease
An office deal gone sour has resulted in a group of developers taking the local university to court over seven figures’ worth of alleged back rent.
VCU signs Long & Foster as latest corporate sponsor
The five-year, six-figure deal includes naming rights for a room in the athletic department’s Basketball Development Center, in addition to advertising and event sponsorship opportunities.
VCU PR course provides ‘Agency’ work to area nonprofits
The new class is giving public relations professionals-in-training some real-world experience while providing area nonprofits with free PR services.
Nonprofits team up to launch ‘recovery high school’
St. Joseph’s Villa and the McShin Foundation are combining their expertise to help local students affected by what’s been labeled a national epidemic.
VCU bites off another piece of W. Cary
Tinkering students from the university’s engineering school soon will be getting their hands dirty in an old downtown auto shop.
VCU tops off $87M Allied Health building
A massive steel girder was ceremoniously lifted into the downtown sky Monday morning, but not before the Sharpies had a chance to dry.
Southside private school starts $11M expansion
A local school is digging in on an eight-figure plan to reunite its student body after 10 years of operating at sites split three miles apart.
VCU awarded $25M grant, launches online MBA
A donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the launch of an online degree program have started the university’s school year with a bang.
With class of 3, new West End private school awaits opening bell
The “first day of school” is approaching for most schools in the area, but for a nascent local private institution, that term has literal significance.