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The Hull Foundation Establishes Scholarship at VCU Brandcenter

The endowed scholarship was created to benefit a student demonstrating strong interest in entrepreneurism.

Recent grad's "Nastybot" featured in FastCo.Design

Berfin Ayhan, 2018 experience design graduate, designed a bot that uses facial recognition tech to automatically respond to internet creeps with snarky comebacks, or block or report them. 

“I think defusing situations with humor can be very helpful,” Berfin says. “You feel like you can be safe behind having fun with it, especially when you’re feeling threatened.”

Creative leader and Richmond native Vann Graves named director of VCU Brandcenter

Vann Graves, a creative leader with more than 25 years of experience directing and producing award-winning work for top agencies and brands, has been named the new executive director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter. Graves will begin his new role Aug. 10.

Three Brandcenter alums make Adweek's Creative 100 list

Blake Winfree (AD, 2003), VP and Creative Director at MullenLowe, and Kevin Weir (AD, 2012) and Chris Colliton (XD, 2012), Creative Directors at Droga5, were named to Adweek's Creative 100 in the category of "rising agency stars who are keeping advertising relevant, fresh, and fascinating."