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Match Corps takes aim at student learning achievement gap

By Mia Webber | January 30, 2013

Every school day, Lauren Camuso, WC'12, meets with a small group of middle school students to tutor and help them with homework. Camuso is a dedicated member of Match Corps, a full-time professional tutoring fellowship that focuses on closing the achievement gap between students and ultimately helping them find college success, said Sara Parr, recruitment manager for Match Corps.

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Guiding Eyes for the Blind comes to Richmond

By Jessica Racioppi | January 29, 2013

Starting next fall, one or two puppies will live on campus in the University Forest Apartments with students who will train them for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, chemistry professor Carol Parish said. Parish held two information sessions this week, and about 50 students expressed interest in becoming puppy raisers or trainers, she said.

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Economics professor's dedication unscathed by cancer

By Scott Himelein | January 29, 2013

Professor David Dean had never missed a class in 25 years of teaching. Every first day of Principles of Microeconomics, he has told his students to plan to never miss class, because he never would. For freshman Spencer Crouch, that had been the benefit of having Dean as a professor during the fall of 2012.

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Alumna writes children's book about WebstUR and Richmond campus

By Erin Flynn | January 24, 2013

Dana Misner, who graduated from Richmond with a business degree in 2003, has published a children's story, "Hello, WebstUR," which was released in December. The storyline follows Richmond's mascot, WebstUR, past notable campus landmarks and ends with WebstUR cheering on the basketball team in the Robins Center. Misner, who lives in Connecticut, organized the book as a tour through campus because she wanted to give her children the opportunity to see the place that had influenced her life so positively, she said. "We live close to my husband's campus, so we can drive about two hours there and let them walk around campus," Misner said.

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Fraternity-hosted Movember event supports cancer research

By Lauren Shute | November 29, 2012

Members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity exhibited marvelous moustaches Tuesday in the Tyler Haynes Commons at the 38th annual Movember Trivia Night. Fifteen teams filled the Commons and answered trivia questions about pop culture, food, sports, Greek mythology and miscellaneous information.

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Richmond graduates create an iPhone app for sports fans

By Nabila Khouri | November 14, 2012

Every great business was born in a basement, said David Shack, a 2010 graduate, about working from the home office in his basement. Shack, along with Andrew Vassallo, another 2010 graduate, came up with an idea to create Spogo, an interactive application for iPhones that allows its users to make predictions during live football games.

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Jewish Family Services at Richmond creates immigrant documentary

By Brooke Knetzger | November 14, 2012

University of Richmond Hillel and Jewish Family Services (JFS) is producing a university-made documentary about Jewish families that immigrated to Richmond from the Soviet Union in the 1980s and 1990s. Because of anti-Semitism and economic hardship, about 800 families came to Richmond with hopes of finding a better life.

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Student knitting club looks to donate products to charity

By Molly McGrath | November 14, 2012

Knit it Up!, a student knitting club at the University of Richmond, received funding this semester, and members are working toward their goal of donating finished products to charity. The founder of Knit it Up!, sophomore Anna Sangree, said she started knitting with girls on her dorm hall last year and wanted to receive funding to make knitting into an official club.

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Richmond men's basketball alumni on coaching staff

By Chrissy Wengloski | November 8, 2012

Former Richmond men's basketball players, Ryan Butler and Peter Thomas, are using their experience playing for coach Chris Mooney helps them relate to current players, Thomas said. Thomas played for Richmond from 2003 to 2007, and he was a junior when Butler came in as a freshman in 2005.

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International Center wins statewide architecture award

By Mia Lichter | November 7, 2012

The Carole Weinstein International Center received an award recognizing outstanding architecture from the Virginia American Institute of Architects. AIA gave the 2012 award of honor to the University of Richmond building for excellence in contextual design. The contextual design category looks at architecture that reflects the history, culture and physical environment of the place in which it stands and that, in turn, contributes to the function, beauty and meaning of its larger context, according to the award description. The AIA jury found the international center to be "an outstanding building, clear in its concept and exemplary in its detailing.

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A Spider for President?

By Jessica Racioppi | November 6, 2012

Virgil Goode, a 1969 Richmond College graduate, who is running for president as the Constitution Party nominee, may take support away from Mitt Romney here in Virginia. "There's not much difference between Romney and Obama," Goode, 66, said in a Southern drawl.

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