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Dr. Mark Parker, director of a lung cancer screening program at VCU, uses specialized low-radiation machines that can catch lung cancer early. The program at VCU is open to patients who qualify as "high risk" like Scott Bradon, a 55-year-old who smokes heavily.

Last December, Camille Schrier, a pharmacy student at Virginia Commonwealth University, was crowned Miss America after performing a science experiment during the talent portion of the competition.

Camille Schrier started participating in pageants when she was 14 years old, but she left that behind when she began her undergraduate studies at Virginia Tech.

Many people are attracted to VCU because of the diversity of the student population. But the faculty at the Richmond-area university are overwhelmingly white.

A report released yesterday from Virginia Commonwealth University says America’s workforce is dying off faster than any other wealthy country in the world. Despite massive expenditures in health care, the overall life expectancy in the United States is down for the last three consecutive years.

Nineteenth century human remains — belonging to about 55 people of mostly African descent — were brought back to Richmond on Monday. The East Marshall Street Well Project and Virginia Commonwealth University held a ceremony to honor their return.