Welcome to Richmond, Virginia, home to the 14th Conference on Chemometrics in Analytical Chemistry
The Chemistry Department at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia is hosting CAC 2014 from June 9-13, 2014. Please explore our website, and consider attending this exciting conference!
Richmond, Virginia
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Richmond is Virginia’s State Capital with a population of almost 1 million residents in Greater Metropolitan Richmond and surrounding counties, hosting approximately 5 million visitors each year. In addition to the James River, known for boating and fishing, Richmond offers ready access to a geographically diverse set of easy excursion destinations, including:
- 100 miles to the west of Richmond is Shenandoah Valley boasting the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway
- 100 miles east to Richmond is Virginia Beach with it's famous and renovated boardwalk
- Inner Harbor, Baltimore including Camden Yards which is the home of the Baltimore Orioles Major League Baseball team
- Richmond is also about 100 miles south of Washington, D.C., offering access to 176 resident embassies, professional sports, museums, fine dining, concerts, theater and numerous other sites and activities that would be expected in the Nation's Capital.
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is one of the Commonwealth of Virginia's largest universities and is situated on two urban campuses, each less than a 5 minutes drive from the State Capital. Estabalished in 1838, VCU employs almost 20,000 people and boasts a total enrollment of more than 30,000 students.
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