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(05/14/09 9:56pm)
During Sunday's commencement ceremonies, the University of Richmond awarded 702 bachelor's degrees and 74 graduate degrees. Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, who is also chairman of the Democratic National Committee, delivered the commencement address, and senior chemistry major Odamea Akomah gave remarks at the student commencement speaker.
(03/23/09 4:11am)
Since his inauguration, University of Richmond President Edward Ayers has stressed the need for students to study the humanities, which he says offer important lessons that can be used in all facets of work.
(02/26/09 9:00pm)
The University of Richmond endowment has lost about 19 percent of its endowment during the past year, losses that total almost $320 million in market value, which has prompted the university administration to begin spending a greater portion of the endowment.
(01/22/09 9:00pm)
The Board of Trustees of the College Board has issued a call to action from college educators across the country to help make college education a reality for all students.
(01/20/09 3:29am)
After 33 years as a key member of the University of Richmond admission staff, Pamela W. Spence has announced her retirement as dean of admission.
(12/10/08 4:50pm)
The final week of the fall 2008 semester included numerous holiday celebrations and performances. Carriage rides carried students around campus on Wednesday, Dec. 3. For the first time, President Ayers hosted a winter wonderland celebration at his home. His backyard was transformed into a dining area with desserts and appetizers, sheltered underneath a large decorated (and heated) tent. The synchronized swimming team performed in front of hundreds at its annual holiday show in the Natatorium on Thursday and Friday nights. And the a capella groups came together in the Tyler Haynes Commons for their annual holiday show.
(11/20/08 9:00pm)
Shannon Sinclair, the University of Richmond's first general counsel, said what she enjoyed most about working in her area of law was the variety of tasks she could do.
(11/13/08 9:00pm)
"The strategic plan has been cooking for a long time, like Thanksgiving dinner," said University of Richmond President Edward Ayers Wednesday in the Alice Haynes Room during the final open forum on the university's strategic plan. "Now, we're pulling the turkey out of the oven."
(11/13/08 7:39am)
By Jimmy Young
(11/06/08 8:00pm)
By Michael Gaynor
(09/16/08 3:01am)
By Robin Hawbaker
(09/05/08 5:58am)
Drinking alcohol is assumed to be such an integral part of college life that the question "do you drink?" refers almost exclusively to the infamous and controversial liquid. According to messages from the mass media, drinking is one of the primary pastimes of the 18-to-25-year-old demographic, even though nearly half of this age group is younger than the legal drinking age.
(08/29/08 12:06am)
Third-year University of Richmond law student Mike Braggs is interested in family law. He's pursued his passion working with children and has been involved in both delinquency and educational law clinics in his time as a student.
(08/28/08 11:32pm)
As he enters his second year as Richmond's president, Edward Ayers is ready to begin planning for the university's future.
(08/26/08 6:22am)
President Edward Ayers called on new students Monday afternoon to actively shape the school's identity, and also acknowledged that increasing diversity was "an obligation" the university was still trying to fulfill.
(08/01/08 3:18am)
The University of Richmond has landed on the Princeton Review's 2009 list of schools with homogeneous populations and little race or class interaction, but made the cut for most beautiful campus and best classroom experience, leading university officials to question the study's survey methodology.
(04/17/08 5:00am)
President Edward L. Ayers reflected on the University of Richmond's past and introduced the five principles of his strategic plan in his inaugural address on Friday.
(04/17/08 5:00am)
Scarlett O'Hara, Winslow Homer and Jude Law all made an appearance at the inaugural symposium held in the Robins Center arena last Thursday.
(04/10/08 5:00am)
In early 2006, Westhampton College Dean Juliette Landphair asked her former history professor Edward Ayers to consider applying to be the next president of the University of Richmond. Ayers, content with his position as dean of the College of the Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia, politely declined the offer.
(04/10/08 4:00am)
President Edward Ayers' Chief of Staff Lori Schuyler presented the proposed strategic plan to the newly elected Westhampton College Government Association Wednesday night.