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Fall 2018 Feature Stories

Governor Grand RoundsGovernor's Grand Rounds
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam visited the MCV Campus as part of a summer speaking tour at the state's medical schools encouraging students to rethink pain management as a key to addressing the opioid crisis. For education on this important topic, providers can access two online CME courses:
Governor's Grand Rounds 
Class of 2022Class of 2022

We've got full coverage of the White Coat Ceremony, photo galleries and tiny bios on some of the new students who make up the Class of 2022. 

 

 

From 2 Percent to 50 Percent

From 2 Percent to 50 Percent: 100 Years of Change

What a difference a century makes! Knowing the School of Medicine's modern day 50-50 mix of men and women - right in sync with national numbers - it's startling to remember that the first female medical students didn't arrive on campus till 1918, three women among a class of 42. Follow this link for the stories of eight alumnae.

 

 

8 Guiding Principles Anne Lindblad

8 Guiding Principles From 5 Senior Scientists
The first woman to earn a master's from the VCU Department of Biostatistics graduated in 1973 and the first to earn a Ph.D. graduated in 1984; today women represent more than half of the 39 part- and full-time students pursuing studies in the department's three M.S. and two Ph.D. programs. For this issue, 12th & Marshall asked some of the alumnae who led the way and who have built distinguished careers for their advice to those following the path they blazed.

 

 

History in the Making Butterwrth JFB III holding JFB IV

History in the Making

VCU's past and future meet in Anesthesiology Chair John Butterworth, M'79. 


 

 

Coming to a City Near You Team Photo

Coming to a City Near You

The development and alumni relations team travels near and far to meet alumni and to help them engage with our school in ways that matter.

 

 

Separated by 106 Years

Separated by 106 Years

Class of 1912 graduate sends a gift to fourth-year medical student. 

 

 

 

Piece of the Past

Piece of the Past

For decades, Skull and Bones served up homemade soups and sandwiches on the MCV Campus, and was best known for its fresh limeades and made-from-scratch onion rings. 

 

 

Through Your Eyes MIKE

Through Your Eyes

"Playing the bass and performing with a band is special," says Mike Karbowski, PhD'76 (PHTX). "It's something I will do for as long as I can. I hope when I die someone tosses my bass in the coffin - just in case I'm not really dead I can keep on plucking."