Indian sitar maestro performs, teaches at Richmond
Sitarist Chirag Katti captivated a diverse audience with his performance of North Indian classical music at the Carole Weinstein International Center Commons Wednesday, Sept. 18.
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Sitarist Chirag Katti captivated a diverse audience with his performance of North Indian classical music at the Carole Weinstein International Center Commons Wednesday, Sept. 18.
Contact photographer David Weissman at david.weissman@richmond.edu. Follow on Twitter @spiderdave32.
Final Score: Richmond 30 - Liberty 21
"I don't know anything about the candidates."
It has been almost 100 years since the first class enrolled at Westhampton College Sept. 17, 1914, and University of Richmond is preparing for the centennial celebrations to occur on campus next September.
In 18th century Virginia, alcoholic cider, the everyday drink of the colonists, was made primarily by the women of the household. Today, Courtney Mailey of Blue Bee Cider is continuing that tradition.
The Richmond field hockey team beat the James Madison University Dukes Sunday afternoon, recording its second consecutive shutout victory at Crenshaw Field. Sophomore Amy Cooke scored the game's only goal with a penalty stroke 18 minutes into the first half.
Contact photographer David Weissman at david.weissman@richmond.edu. Follow on Twitter @spiderdave32.
For the past 25 years, Paul Porterfield, director of the Media Resource Center, has worked closely with Uliana Gabara, former dean of international education, in planning the University of Richmond's annual International Film Series. Since Gabara retired this spring, this fall's series will probably be the last in which she is heavily involved.
The women's field hockey team had its first win of the season Saturday afternoon in a dominating 6-0 performance against Davidson College.
For the first time at University of Richmond, two students are training guide dogs while living on campus.
Freshman Maddie Wittich, a member of Richmond's women's cross country team, was 15 feet away from the second bomb when it detonated at the Boston Marathon last April. Wittich, along with her mother and two sisters, was waiting for her father to cross the finish line when chaos ensued, she said.
Student Activities introduced a student tailgating opportunity before the football game against Virginia Military Institute last Saturday that received mixed feedback from the university community.
The men's and women's cross country teams began their season with second and third place finishes, respectively, at Friday's Spider Alumni Open at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va.
On June 21, University of Richmond announced that it would offer free tuition and board to qualified Virginia students from families earning $60,000 a year or less through Richmond's Promise to Virginia, an updated financial aid program that will begin Fall 2014.
The Richmond Rowdies, a student organization that promotes varsity athletics and school spirit, is revamping its approach to get students more involved on game days.
This fall marks the first season that the football players on the current University of Richmond roster were not members of the national championship team, but the effects of the 2008 win are stronger now than they were five years ago.
From his first days at University of Richmond in 1987 through his last lectures via video recording in the fall of last year, the three words that most often accompanied David H. Dean in an economics student's sentence were "my favorite professor." His colleagues described him as a dedicated, tireless worker, even when mantle cell lymphoma forced him to stay away from the classroom since Oct. 22, 2012. The disease ultimately killed him Sunday, Aug. 11, at age 58. A memorial occurred Aug. 16 in the Robins Pavilion of the Jepson Alumni Center.
Contact photographer David Weissman at david.weissman@richmond.edu. Follow on Twitter @spiderdave32.
The University of Richmond Spiders launched Spider Social Rewards April 8, which awards users with points for daily Facebook and Twitter posts to garner interest in the athletics program, news media manager Melissa Mitchell said.