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Students enrolled in professor Matt Thornton's Capoeira Angola course are practicing physically demanding skills while learning about the cultural implications of an Afro-Brazilian form of dance and self-defense.
Sophomore Ryan Gardner was sitting at his computer updating his newly created music blog in early Dec. 2010 when he stumbled upon a song by a relatively unknown band that piqued his interest, he said. The band, Timeflies, had about 150 "likes" on Facebook at the time, but the song, "Lose My Mind," was quickly gaining recognition across college music blogs.
Cultural advisers at the University of Richmond hope a new way to spend Saturday nights will build community and enhance diversity at the University of Richmond.
January 2011. Alex Wu rubbed his hands together in the winter air as he walked into a cheer gym, warming up for an intense night of tumbling. As he rushed up the steps to the gym, pumped with adrenaline, he had no idea that he would injure his ankle that night. A year later Wu, a Virginia Commonwealth University cheerleader, USA All-Star cheerleader and coach at Platinum Cheer Stars in Petersburg, Va., still hasn't recovered.
Former Virginia governor and University of Richmond professor Tim Kaine told his leadership studies class in March 2011 that he would run for a Senate seat in 2012. One year later, the campaign is in full swing and so are the internships for two Richmond and one Westhampton College student.
Every year, the University of Richmond attracts talented visual and performing artists by offering up to six full-tuition scholarships to incoming freshmen through the Richmond Scholars program.
Nicole Sackley, professor of history and American studies, has been awarded a $37,500 research grant to further her studies of developments by American social scientists. Her research will culminate in a book, projected to be released in 2014.
A cacophony greeted visitors the second they entered the door, as raucous yells and laughter filled the air. Children were running, spinning around and air-dribbling basketballs. And then suddenly, the room quieted as the evening's activities began with a Bible passage. The children listened attentively, and then were asked to think about how the reading applied to their lives.
Studio Production III's newest production, "Dead Man's Cellphone," left its audiences to ponder the effect of technology on personal relationships. The play ended its run Feb. 12, closing to a full house in the Cousins Studio Theatre.
Kevin Alloway was sitting in the Jepson Quadrangle, watching an improvisation show, when, out of the black of night, a pair of balled-up socks whizzed past his head. An attempt had been made on his life. He looked around, but the would-be assassin was nowhere to be found, he said.
"It is the aestheticizing of social difference that has led to discrimination in today's society," professor Shannon Winnubst from Ohio State University said at a speech on Monday.
"A new semester brings with it fresh creepers who create things like @URspotted #uranidiot," @UR_An_Idiot, an anonymous Twitter account, tweeted at @URspotted.
After working at the University of Richmond for 20 years, English professor Daryl Dance is retiring this spring, but be careful when mentioning the word retirement around her.
Chucho Valdes and the Afro-Cuban Messengers had bowed, waved to the audience and left the stage. But the crowd in the University of Richmond Camp Concert Hall was still standing, applauding and chanting for an encore.
Some students at the University of Richmond are spending their spring break doing service work, discussing and learning about a social issue and bonding with their peers during an alternative spring break trip.
Bob "Coach" Thalman, of Atlanta, died on Jan. 31, 2012. He was 89 years old. He is survived by Mary Thalman, his wife of 62 years, his brother William Thalman, sister Mary Jane Schuetz, his four children, Linda Norwood, Robert Thalman, Carolyn Laraway and Tommy Thalman, and 10 grandchildren.
My eyes stayed trained on the TV as I shoveled delicious finger food into my mouth and focused on the one thing that grabbed my attention during the Super Bowl -- the commercials.
"Everybody on the mainland thinks that because I live in Hawaii, I live in Paradise ... Are they insane?"
On the ninth floor of 503 Main St. in Richmond, behind door 901, is the small suite of Commonwealth Partnerships, a business started by University of Richmond alumni Andrew Ryan '06, Mike Gray '06 and Mark Hickman '07. Eight hundred eighty five miles away, Blair Brandt '10 sits in The Next Step Realty suite in Palm Beach, Fla., a quarter of a mile from the water, palm leaves shading his office window.
As dean of the Robins School of Business, Nancy Bagranoff has many responsibilities -- but the roles that involve interactions with students are what she enjoys the most about her job.
