Steven Spielberg to turn professor's article into movie
Steven Spielberg’s production company acquired the rights to a professor's article, "The Richest Black Girl in America," with plans of turning it into a film.
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Steven Spielberg’s production company acquired the rights to a professor's article, "The Richest Black Girl in America," with plans of turning it into a film.
The University Faculty Senate voted in favor of a resolution demanding more student, faculty and staff representatives be added to the Naming Principles Commission this afternoon.
Editor's Note: This is a developing story.
Faculty members of the School of Arts and Sciences released two statements voicing their support for the renaming of Mitchell-Freeman and Ryland halls in solidarity with the Black Student Coalition-led movement to reverse the Board of Trustees’ decision to retain the building names.
Seven members of the University of Richmond Faculty Senate wrote in a statement on March 30 they were deeply troubled by the tone, tenor and substance of their meeting with the Board of Trustees on March 26.
Almost a year to the day when University of Richmond suspended classes because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adrienne Piazza, associate director of the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, arrived at the Richmond Raceway to receive her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Editor’s Note: The Collegian applied for SOBAC funding; this relationship does not determine The Collegian’s coverage in any capacity. This is a developing story.
Editors note: Shira Greer is a Collegian editor. This article was updated to add information about the Faculty Senate vote, which was not unanimous.
The University of Richmond Black Student Coalition is asking students, faculty and staff who support the demands of the Statement on Black Student Welfare to disaffiliate from student organizations, task forces and other extracurricular roles at UR on March 25, in response to a March 17 email from president Ronald Crutcher announcing the names of Mitchell-Freeman and Ryland halls will not change.
University of Richmond President Ronald Crutcher describes the Statement on Free Expression as a “living document” that can change over time, giving UR community members the opportunity to continue dialogue surrounding freedom of speech on campus.
Editor's note: This is a developing story. Shira Greer is a Collegian editor.
Editor's Note: This article was updated to include the date of the presidential transition. The Collegian was informed by UR communications on March 5 that Hallock will begin both his role as president and appointment as a professor this fall.
The University of Richmond is having a light workload week this year instead of the usual spring break to encourage students to remain on campus and not travel. However, some students have expressed frustration with the week, which lasts from March 1 to 5, saying not all faculty are assigning less work than usual.
In the past six months, there have been two movements to provide a credit/no credit option for students during the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters, both of which were ultimately rejected.
A malfunctioning access point has caused Wi-Fi problems across campus all week, with increased problems Wednesday, University of Richmond technical support analyst Eli Anderson said. The unreliable Wi-Fi has caused problems for students, especially because many classes are now partially or wholly online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Editor's Note: This is a developing story and will continue to be updated. Additional coverage of policy changes with community member input to come.
The Arts and Sciences Academic Council voted on Dec. 1 in support of the creation of an Africana studies program at the University of Richmond. The Africana studies program proposal will now be considered and voted on by all voting arts and sciences faculty, said Timothy Barney, rhetoric and communications department chair and member of the council.
Two University of Richmond geography professors have had to adjust their three-year project studying environmental changes in the Amazon to a virtual format amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is funded by a $700,000 NASA grant and is currently in its second year.
Duke University School of Law professor Guy-Uriel Charles spoke about the relationship between the U.S. Constitution and the pursuit for racial justice at 6 p.m. Monday in his Zoom lecture "We the (White) People," which was a part of the T.C. Williams School of Law's Emroch Colloquy Series.
More than 50 professors in the School of Arts and Sciences signed a letter demanding more teaching flexibility for the fall semester, which was sent in an email to the University of Richmond administration on June 24.