On Aug. 12, 2024, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced AI@HHMI, a $500 million investment over the…
On May 5, 2021, Hoth Therapeutics announced it has expanded its sponsored research agreement with Virginia Commonwealth University…
On Sept. 3, 2020, a team of Virginia Tech researchers announced that they will begin testing wastewater at…
On Apr. 26, 2017, the University of Virginia Cancer Center was honored as one of just 69 National…
On Mar. 21, 2014 the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences building opened. In the new…
On Jul. 14, 2010, the Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) received a $20 million Clinical and…
On Jun. 17, 2009, Virginia Commonwealth University’s school of Dentistry building opened its doors. The $20 million, four-story…
On Apr. 18, 2008, the Claude Moore Health Education and Research Center opened in Northern Virginia and houses…
On Jan. 3, 2007, Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger, then Carilion Clinic President and CEO Edward G….
On Apr. 4, 2006, a Cardiac surgery team at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Pauley Heart Center performed the first…
In 2005, The Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors appointed Jerome F. Strauss III, M.D., Ph.D., to be…
In 2002, The Gateway Building opened at VCU Medical Center, a $39 million dollar structure, opened in March…
In 2002, the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and INOVA Fairfax partnered to establish a medical program in Northern…
In 2000, the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority was established.
On Jul. 1, 1997, the operations, employees and obligations of the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals (formerly a…
In 1996, The VA Bio+Tech Park is located adjacent to the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center on…
In 1995, The Virginia Commonwealth University six year Doctor of Pharmacy Program adopted to replace the Bachelor of…
In 1993, The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and School of Basic Health Sciences merged.
In 1984, The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Health Sciences became the School of Basic Health Sciences.
In 1975, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center received NCI designatation.
In 1968, Virginia Commonwealth University was created through the merger of Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College…
In 1953, Betty Delores Stough became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. at the Virginia Agricultural and…
In 1942, the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College’s first Ph.D. was awarded to Nathan Sugarman in chemistry. In…
In 1941, the Medical College of Virginia Hospital (MCV West Hospital) opened to national acclaim. The largest donation…
In 1926, Dr. William Branch Porter was named the first full-time professor of medicine at the Medical College…
In 1925, The Medical College of Virginia pharmacy curriculum extended to three years.
In 1903, Memorial Hospital opened as a private hospital Richmond, Va., but was used by the faculty at…
In 1894, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine welcomed its first class.
In 1891, the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College’s first master of science degree was awarded to Charles N….
On Oct. 1, 1872, the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (Virginia Tech) was founded. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute…