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The ACC is wide open, with a surprise contender sitting atop the conference standings. Andy Katz separates the top conference races into tiers.

The ACC is wide open, with a surprise contender sitting atop the conference standings. Andy Katz separates the top conference races into tiers.

Boys soccer program sending three to the division one ranks.

Norfolk State and Virginia Tech both in the East Region, Longwood in the South, Richmond in the Midwest.

Carroll County girls also advanced to the Class 3 Championship.

A former Virginia Commonwealth University student pleaded guilty Tuesday to hazing and serving alcohol to a minor shortly before the 19-year-old fraternity pledge died from alcohol poisoning earlier this year.

UVA Children’s and the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHoR) are ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.

The former William Fleming and VCU standout worked out relentlessly and kept in shape despite not being picked up by an NBA team this past season.

West Virginia guard Mile McBride (4) drives to the basket between two VCU defenders during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, in SIoux Falls, S.D. (AP Photo/Josh Jurgens)The VCU vs. Oregon NCAA opener Saturday night has been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols, according to the NCAA. Officials said the decision was made in consultation with the Marion County Public Health Department. In turn, Oregon will advance to the next round of the NCAA Tournament, while VCU’s student-athletes and coaching staff will not be able to play anymore. According to the NCAA, it cannot disclose further details due to privacy issues.

RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond Police Department and VCU Police are working together to investigate the death of a VCU student that was found in an off-campus residence early Saturday. The university identified the student as Adam Oakes in a statement posted to Twitter Sunday afternoon. According to university officials, the Delta Chi fraternity’s national office issued a cease-and-desist order to the VCU chapter on Saturday, to which VCU took similar action on Sunday as a continuation of the investigation. In the statement, Delta Chi also encouraged all fraternity members to cooperate with law enforcement in the investigation. We were devastated to learn of the death of a student at Virginia Commonwealth University and extend our condolences to the family, friends, and everyone touched by this heart-breaking news.

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Commonwealth University is considering whether to make courses on racism a requirement for its students. Constance Relihan, dean of VCU’s University College, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that many other colleges are having the same discussion as protests over racial injustice sweep across the U.S.VCU already offers a major in African American studies and has classes in other departments that address the history and implications of racism. But they aren’t part of the university’s required curriculum.

RICHMOND, Va. – A university in the former capital of the Confederacy will remove building names, plaques and other symbols that honor several of its past supporters. The board of visitors at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond voted unanimously on Friday to remove 16 different references on campus. School President Michael Rao formed a committee in 2017 to accumulate building names, busts, portraits and plaques that honor Confederate supporters, research their histories and begin discussions. “The VCU memorial landscape is dominated by ex-Confederates or those people who sought to perpetuate and revere the memory of the Confederacy, currently represented in the form of dedicated spaces, memorial names, plaques and statues,” VCU history professor Kathryn Shively said. Ginter refers to cigarette magnate Lewis Ginter, who at his death in 1897 left money for charities and public institutions.