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Trani.
Whatever you call him — dynamo, ‘benign dictator,’ legend — he’s releasing the reins on the city within a city that he built

 
Trani’s last day
-CBS6
-Fan District Hub
-NBC12
 
Trani tree...VCU School of Engineering Scholarships Recognize Former President Eugene P. Trani 


Captain reassigned after call to help Chief Monroe study | Times Dispatch
-Monroe had Virginia officer certification 

Hail to Trani! VCU Unveils His Bronze Image
-Putting VCU's Trani on a Pedestal
-Trani forever 

Trani’s legacy at VCU
(includes Legacy editorial, Trani Built a Better VCU (Bill Goodwin), VCU Hurt Historic Neighborhoods (C. Todd Woodson), Trani’s Complex Academic Legacy (George E. Munro), VCU’s Trani transformed school, city and lives, Trani will teach after sabbatical, Slideshow, Bio and milestones)
 
-The man behind the curtain: a Q & A with Trani 
-Trani’s Legacy

VCU presidential panel to meet today on Trani’s replacement
Closure??
Panel ends probe into VCU degree...Accreditor says VCU handled degree issue properly 
VCU search committee hears input on next president...Presidential Search Committee discusses funding, construction     
VCU revises degree policy...VCU tightens policy to ease degree revocations | NBC12  
No Degree Decision by Monroe Yet 
Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission Special Report: VCU Degree Award   
  
Lawmaker to VCU: Take back degree
 
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Putney: Former police chief should return - or earn - VCU degree 
-VA delegate: Charlotte chief must resolve degree 
-State committee head says Monroe must resolve VCU degree scandal 

Chief Monroe Story Continues:
Charlotte Media
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Charlotte Observer: Monroe pledges to end degree controversy (remarks from briefing)...says he'll resolve degree issue......Police chief may go back to school...City calls press conference on Monroe's degree 
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WBT: CMPD Chied Rodney Monroe adresses VCU degree controversy 
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Winston Salem Journal: Charlotte Police Chief Monroe says he'll resolve degree issue 
-Blogs:
Rodney Monroe Address Degree Issue At Press Conference | Charlotte's new police chief 

Richmond Media
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Legislator pressures VCU to act on degree
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Richmond Times Dispatch: Monroe might give back VCU degree
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CBS6: Chief Monroe Speaks About VCU Degree Flap 
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VA Pilot: Keep politics out of VCU degrees   
Investigate Monroe's degree, group says...Charlotte Police Union Latest To Question Degree  
 

Police chief responds to degree inquiry
...Monroe says he didn't get JLARC message till Monday
 

New report: Ex-VCU dean Holsworth exerted pressure to award Monroe
...State orders VCU to consider revoking ex-police chief Monroe's degree 
 
Panel to issue report on police chief's VCU degree...Panel asks VCU if it can revoke chief's degree
 
VCU Degree Investigation
  
Charlotte Observer: Virginia legislators seek review of police chief's degree...Washington Post: Degree No Good, Lawmakers Say

Monroe hires Raymond Tarasovic as chief of staff for CMPD
  
Police chief wants to ease rules on vehicle chases in Charlotte  
Ex-VCU dean felt 'implied pressure' from Trani's office
-Finger still pointing at Holdsworth? 
-How university politics claimed the career of VCU’s Bob Holsworth, the city’s premier political pundit 

  
Rodney Monroe enjoys wide support in Charlotte

Leading the River City Renaissance
When universities award unearned degrees, they risk their reputations
   

Va. lawmaker seeks VCU investigation

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GA to Review Monroe Degree 
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Charlotte Observer/AP (Discussion)
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Del. Putney calls for VCU degree review
-Don't Do It 
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More VCU Stories

VCU promises full, open search for next president  

Monroe needs to earn degree, restore integrity

VCU’s Latest Rodney Monroe Report 

National Media Chimes In:
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Inside Higher Education: VCU Releases Details on Improper Degree 
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Virginia Commonwealth U. Reports to Accreditor on Improper Degree

Times Dispatch Coverage: 
How VCU flunked on degree | VCU made 37 exceptions for Monroe degree | Full Report
-VCU panel condemns tenure threats
-VCU to face agency about chief’s degree
-Pressure cited on Monroe’s degree
-Novelist David Baldacci's letter to fellow VCU board of visitors member...15 Days Later
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Editorial: Degree Burns
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Full TD Coverage
 

Charlotte Observer: Chief received special deal 

CBS 6: Chief Degree Investigation Report

WRVA: Report Released On Monroe's Improperly Awarded Degree

Associated Press: VCU releases report about improper degree

RVANews: Monroe drama continues 

What is a University?  

Silent Coverage on VCU News Site as of 9-5


Student Paper: Monroe to keep VCU degree despite dissent 

VCU to face agency about chief's degree | VCU Report On Police Chief's Degree Due 

Resolution before VCU faculty senate says threats have no part in investigations 

Seeking Trani's Replacement 


Save Richmond Exclusive: Read the Baldacci Letter!
-Full, Unedited: The Baldacci Letter
-VCU Degree Investigation + Full Press Release
-VCU board defends Monroe degree probe | Baldacci criticizes VCU investigation; Novelist and board of visitors member expresses his disappointment in handling of Monroe situation
-Is VCU's Response Worse Than the (Alleged) Crime? 
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VCU learns growth doesn't mean prestige

Students undisturbed by Monroe on 1st day | Tepid Commonwealth Times article (PDF only)

VCU to release Monroe investigation reportVCU board affirms degree probe findings 

Style Cover: A Cloudy Legacy
On his way to building a better Richmond, VCU President Eugene P. Trani may have lost focus on the university’s most important mission — academics.
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Once he returns to teaching in 2009, I wonder if we might get Eugene Trani to join the faculty senate?
-The Trani Saga Continues, Full-Steam Ahead

VCU president to retire 

Trani thanks board of visitors for 'great run' as president | VCU Board of Visitors Statements  

Central Figure in VCU Investigation Talks to CBS 6 | Former VCU official says 'administrator' exerted influence to approve it


Act III: TRANI TO STEP DOWN
Kaine lauds Trani | A rough start to year at VCU | Alumni express disapproval 

Departures shake city's power base | E-mails track Monroe degree approval; VCU files show process that let Richmond police chief graduate was aboveboard | Trani on major hole to be filled after his resignation: ‘That’s what she said’

College leaders find themselves on hot seat | MPW: An emperor has lost his invincibility | The Curtain Drops on the Gene and Doug Show | Ex-VCU official alleges pressure | After Controversy Over Tobacco Money Funding Medical School, University President Steps Down 

Trani era nears end (First Breaking Story)| VCU's growth will be legacy of Trani's tenure | Trani = Bush? | Trani's decision | Trani's Early Years | Not a Surprise | Emperor Trani Resigns | If I have one regret about what's gone on this summer, it is there is an air of fear and intimidation at VCU. | Does this mean football for VCU isn’t far down the road?

Media Roundup: AP | CBS6 (Special VCU Investigation Section) | NBC12 | Richmond.com | VA Pilot | WRIC8 | WRVA Audio  

VCU faculty senate asked to investigate Monroe degree scandal | Mark Holmberg Investigates What Degree Scandal Could Cost VCU | UPDATE: VCU Degree Investigation: It's a crisis for the University  | Deal with the Devil? | VCU hired firm to aid Monroe degree investigation | Read More Stories 


Monroe's courses cost city $15,937 

Subject: Request to Add Information (Bob Holsworth, Dean, College of Humanities and Sciences speaks)

Degree debacle threatens VCU leader's legacy -- and job 

At VCU, a scandal weighs heavily

Smoke and Mirrors: While scandals and secrecy become headlines at VCU, uncertainty hovers over the fallout — and President Eugene Trani


End Game: Falling on Swords...

Another VCU official resigns over degree flap | Mark Holmberg Uncovers New Information | Monroe-Gate Resignations Continue  | Col. William H. Parrish (link should expire soon)

VCU Announces Personnel Changes | TD | WRVA | Charlotte Slant | Dr. Robert D. Holsworth (link should expire soon)

VCU board to discuss how probe was conducted | AP

VCU's Trani released from hospital

The Insider: "Harry Potter" 
Mark Holmberg On VCU Resignations | One VCU Leader Tells CBS 6 Why He Stepped Down 

A Tale of Two Outrages | Scandal Reaches Critical Mass at VCU (Well, I owe Style an apology...See Faculty Fumes, Condemns VCU’s Philip Morris Deal)
 
Has Gene Trani Stayed On Too Long? 


Awful Timing: It's VCU Day!!!  

Trani orders review of policies (Official Statement)

VCU's prez under fire 

VCU, Trani are a lot like school mascot 
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Rewind Philip Morris
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Rewind Rodney Monroe

Update:
VCU takes personnel actions in degree case July 11 (VCU takes action on Monroe degree matter) | Summa cum laude | CBS6 | Times Dispatch | WRVA Audio  | Charlotte Observer 

VCU Allows Improperly Awarded Degree


'I think the cop in me won out' 
David McCoy named Interim police chief (Monroe's Last Day)
McCoy's First Assignment
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TheDirty.com: RICHMOND POLICE ON THE JOB (warning, lots of pr0n/spam ads) 
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NBC12 breaks the story
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Richmond police investigate racy photos of officers posing with women
-WRIC8 Opts to Blot the Faces
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Would be Hypocritical to Condemn
-Richmonders Agree
-I commend the officers for being human 
If Monroe got waiver from VCU rule, he was one of 11 since mid-2005 

I have no doubt in the end that VCU and others will say everything is legitimate | VCU Academic and Health Affairs Policy Committee to Meet June 4 | WTVR-6 Tracker | Times Dispatch | Trani Responds, sort of | Official Responses: #1 | #2

Anonymous source: Police chief also never finished preschool...Devel:)ping

Leaves the city better than he found it 

VCU Student Chimes In

Charlotte Blog Chimes In

Monroe's VCU Degree Under Investigation?? | Times Dispatch | Monroe Responds | Wilder blasts anonymous source (Official statement)

Charlotte Council members back pick for chief 

Get ready for the fight, Mr. Monroe 

Ex-Charlotte chief exits with an eye on teaching

Ray Tarasovic has not decided to leave Richmond (could he be a candidate for new Richmond chief?


Monroe Watch
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Atlanta assistant police chief Alan Dreher to stay, possible Richmond candidate?
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Tarasovic leaves too 
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'I'm still the chief in Richmond'
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What drives Charlotte's new police chief?, Sister's killing gave him a strong interest in domestic violence 
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Mayor's Office to Maintain Monroe Legacy w technology?
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Charlotte's take
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CBS6 Exclusive: Chief Monroe Speaks In Charlotte
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What could lead Monroe to Charlotte?
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The man walks on water
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Union Head: Ready to see him leave 
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Losing Top Cop Rodney Monroe just might end Mayor Doug Wilder’s reign
-Charlotte Swoons Over Monroe
Charlotte, N.C., woos Monroe for police chief Losing him would be 100 times worse than losing the Braves 

Anytime you have the opportunity to expand your career

Please Don't Go | He's Just Kidding

Charlotte Newspaper Hypes Him Up

City Council's fault? | Wilder, City Council At Odds Over Chief Monroe 

Questions raised about Monroe's tenure in Macon, Ga  


VCU Tobacco Stories

Special report: Philip Morris research requires constant tests, tweaks


VCU helps Philip Morris clean up
Tobacco money debate continues in VCU community 
VCU research contract with Philip Morris draws questions | VCU worried about research for big tobacco | VCU panel holds final corporate research hearing | Students, Faculty Concerned Over Research Deal 

Students indifferent to tobacco-research deal

Lung Association Blasts VCU-Philip Morris Ties

Resolution before VCU faculty senate says threats have no part in investigations

VCU, Philip Morris deal strange but 'usual?'


Warning: VCU’s proposal for a tobacco-funded pregnancy center could cause irreparable harm to its reputation and research efforts | Calling Philip Morris? VCU Courted Tobacco Money | VCU, Philip Morris and the Women's Center | Rewind: Tobacco-VCU Connection
Academic Freedom in the Spotlight | VINDICATED

VCU holds forum on its research ties

VCU panel questioned about Philip Morris deals

VCU President Recuperates from Heart Bypass Surgery  at one of America’s Best Hospitals | Audio | TD

Close to Discharge

Caused by stress from cigarettes?


In Pursuit of the Golden Leaf | VCU and Tobacco: A Long and Profitable History  

Richmond.com Tries Its Hand at Investigative Journalism VCU, 

Virginia Tech and Big Tobacco Research  

Reports: VCU’s Trani linked to Philip Morris and blah, blah, blah whatever


VCU Faculty Question Research Contracts | Blog Introduction 
Arcane Issues, Big Stakes

VCU and the Evil Weed (Blog Intro

Tobacco U. | Example Study: Smokeless cigarette gives off less smoke but may not lead to better health 

VCU tobacco, Secretive tobacco research contract compromises college

Trani Appoints Task Force to Review VCU Research Policies | Finally, a Times Dispatch article

Reign of Fear at VCU?

Faculty Fumes, Condemns VCU’s Philip Morris Deal 

History
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Philip Morris presents check to VCU Career Center
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VCU Career Center receives $25,000 grant  
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VCU School of Engineering opens machine shop for students to build test models


At One University, Tobacco Money Is a Secret | Editorial: Virginia Commonwealth’s Secret Deal  | Trani's Letter to the Editor

Official VCU Release

VCU President Gets Paycheck From Tobacco Company

VCU: research contract with Philip Morris not out of the ordinary | Partners in research 

Times Dispatch: Not Enough Research 

What is this, trounce on Gene Trani month? 

C'mon RTD, do your job!