Virginia Commonwealth University

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** FILE ** Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks Jan. 25, 2013, during a roundtable discussion on gun violence at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. (Associated Press)

Dr. Steven H. Woolf of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond was chairman of a study panel on health that found that the United States suffers far more violent deaths than any other wealthy nation, in part because of the widespread possession of firearms and the practice of storing them at home in a place that is often unlocked. (AP Photo)

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President Barack Obama arrives for a campaign rally at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., Saturday, May 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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President Obama and his wife, Michelle, acknowledge the crowd Saturday during a campaign rally at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. His speech was interrupted several times with chants of "four more years." (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this March 17, 2012, photo, the Museum of the Confederacy, right, is surrounded by Virginia Commonwealth University buildings, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dean Hoffmeyer)

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Virginia Commonwealth University Rams head coach Shaka Smart (left) is greeted by VCU President Michael Rao (right) as he makes his way to the team bus for the VCU men's basketball team's departure from the Richmond campus on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to the school's first appearance in the NCAA Final Four. VCU plays Butler University on Saturday evening in Houston. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Virginia Commonwealth University graduate students Marisa Cosco (left) and Carrie Newcomb (right) join in a cheer as the crowd waits for the VCU men's basketball team to depart from the campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to Houston for the NCAA Final Four tournament. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The crowd cheers while waiting for the Virginia Commonwealth University men's basketball team's departure from the campus in Richmond in Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to the university's first appearance in the NCAA Final Four, which begins Saturday in Houston. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Virginia Commonwealth University alumnus Chris Crowley leads the crowd in a cheer as the VCU men's basketball team departs the campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to the NCAA Final Four tourney in Houston. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Virginia Commonwealth University alumnus James Carter carries his 6-year-old son, Thomas, on his shoulder while his wife, Enjoli, cheers as the crowd waits to watch the VCU men's basketball team depart from the campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to Houston for the school's first appearance in an NCAA Final Four tournament. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Virginia Commonwealth University Rams guard Darius Theus makes his way to the team bus as the VCU men's basketball team departs the campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to Houston for the school's first appearance in the NCAA Final Four. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)