Kevin Bales presents "Unlocking the Science of Slavery"
Modern-day slavery expert Kevin Bales told a group of University of Richmond community members that by unlocking the science of slavery, they too can be heroes, nerds and abolitionists.
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Modern-day slavery expert Kevin Bales told a group of University of Richmond community members that by unlocking the science of slavery, they too can be heroes, nerds and abolitionists.
The computer science department at University of Richmond has seen significant growth in its number of majors in the past three years, which reflects a national trend.
Providing opportunities for students to speak freely and think on their feet is an obligation that Linda Hobgood, director of the Speech Center, said she took seriously.
Based on student voting, political science professor Rick Mayes was selected to give the second of University of Richmond's Last Lecture Series, which will be held at 7 p.m. April 1 in the Jepson Alumni Center.
Though undergraduate and graduate virtual courses are filling up with students from around the world, undergraduate programs at the University of Richmond are not looking to follow the online education trend any time soon.
It is difficult to imagine not knowing how to type on a keyboard or how to open an Internet browser to access Facebook. But, more than 80 percent of the population of Nigeria has never used a computer, said Olatunde Olatunji, president and co-founder of The Computer Outreach School of Nigeria (COS).
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation has awarded the University of Richmond science faculty members a three-year, $77,200 Beckman Scholars grant for student research.
Political science professors Ernest McGowen and Daniel Palazzolo led a forum to inform the campus community about the coming presidential election.
Both the student and faculty addresses at the Arts & Sciences Honors Convocation emphasized the importance of community involvement through the application of a liberal arts education.
Tuesday's class schedule will be altered for University of Richmond students because of the university's spring Honors Convocation. Class times have been altered to allow for the campus community to attend the convocation, according to a memo sent by deans Landphair, Skerrett and Boehman.
Westhampton College Government Association (WCGA) members conducted a three-week survey to get student opinions about awarding additional credit to science classes with laboratories after many science students voiced how unfair the unit system was for such intensive and time-consuming courses.
David Haskell, a biology professor at Sewanee: the University of the South, will speak to students Thursday about his book "The Forest Unseen" that focuses on his observations at Shakerag Hollow, an old-growth forest in Tennessee.
Westhampton College Government Association (WCGA) conducted a survey over the past three weeks to get student opinion about awarding credit to science classes with laboratories, after many science students voiced how unfair the unit system has been for such intensive and time-consuming courses.
After an arduous adoption process, Richmond political science professor Rick Mayes and his wife, Jennifer, are now in Peru where they have met their daughter, Alejandra, "Ali," for the first time.
I agree with the diagnosis, oft-cited by Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks, that establishment media is losing its way because of its insistence on balance for balance's sake. Paul Krugman, despite being part and parcel of that establishment, agrees.
The new dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Kathleen Skerrett, met with students and faculty Monday afternoon at a meet and greet.
Senior Crystal Thornhill gave a speech full of positive advice for the soon-to-graduate class of 2011 Tuesday morning at the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Convocation.
Hello Dean Newcomb,
On the evening of February the 23rd, I returned home to find a pile of neglected mail awaiting me. One such neglected letter came from the School of the Arts and Sciences, directly. I opened the letter.
Arts and Sciences Dean Andrew F. Newcomb will step down and return to the department of psychology on July 10 after serving 10 years.