Research creates both a challenging intellectual environment and a social community for students who are a part of Carol Parish's molecular research team. Parish, a Richmond chemistry professor, recently received a three-year, $290,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for molecular research.
John Gupton, Ph.D., University of Richmond chemistry professor has been awarded a National Institutes of Health grant to continue his cancer-related research. The three-year, $348,572 grant from the National Cancer Institute will go toward his chemistry project "The Synthesis and Bioassay of Novel Pyrroles." "We try to do three things: find new chemical reactions to make molecules, we try to understand how these reactions work, and finally apply these reactions to what we think may be biologically interesting molecules," Gupton said of his work as a synthetic organic chemist. As a part of this process, Gupton and several colleagues have discovered a class of compounds that are potent anti-tumor agents.
Sarah Bruce Kelly, who holds a BA and MLA from the University of Richmond, is the 2012 winner of the Tyler R.
Two women entered the same college at different times, yet they both maintained a link to that school more than 50 years after graduating.
It's not uncommon to hear women say "I look so pale" with the same self-deprecation as the common "I look so fat," junior Savannah Gillespie said. Gillespie said most of her friends viewed tan as good and pale as bad. "My whole life, all of my friends have tanned, and I understand it; I really do," she said.
Amy Treonis, an associate professor at the University of Richmond, will be spending five months teaching and researching in Nepal after winning a Fulbright Scholar award. Treonis, who has taught at Richmond since fall 2005 and received tenure last year, will teach at a university in Katmandu while also researching the disparities between conventional agricultural soil and soil that Non-governmental Organizations and the Nepalese government have helped to improve. "I've been here for 20 years; we've never had anybody in the biology department get a Fulbright as far as I can remember," said Gary Radice, the chairman of the biology department. It is customary for a professor to take a sabbatical in the second year following their tenure decision, but the Fulbright allows Treonis to take off the entire year to focus on teaching and research, Radice said. After receiving her tenure, Treonis said, "Being one of those people who can't sit still for a minute, I'm like 'OK, that's done.
Most weekday mornings around 8:30, hundreds of University of Richmond students grumble and groan as they wake up and prepare for their morning classes. By this time, junior Jordan Furtado will have already woken up, gotten dressed and driven to campus for a 6 a.m.
After years of classes and outside work and a year-long senior thesis class, three University of Richmond senior studio art majors will display their work as part of the senior thesis exhibition. The artwork of the three seniors, Elizabeth Ygartua, Kellie Morgan and Jon Henry, will be displayed at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, located in the Modlin Center for the Arts from April 13 to May 3. More of their work will be displayed concurrently at the Wilton Companies Gallery at the University of Richmond Downtown, according to a university press release. Much of the work was produced during the two senior thesis classes, which consisted of a fall class of seven students, followed by the option to apply for entry into the exhibition class for the spring, Henry said. Morgan said the class, which was taught by a different professor each semester, had been a transformational experience for her and that she had appreciated having two perspectives help her find her voice in her work. Erling Sjovold, an associate professor of art, taught the class in the fall and said he had wanted to get students started over the summer in order to get them early feedback. "The art can be experimental or research-based," he said.
Students rush by the University of Richmond bookstore every day on the way to their next class, study session or appointment, but there's a lot more to the location than elaborate window displays and Spider gear. The bookstore officially opened in 1976 with the completion of Tyler Haynes Commons.
The Bulgarian dance club hosted an event on Tuesday to celebrate the Orthodox Easter, which is this Sunday, by serving traditional food and performing intricate dances. Senior Gergana Valcheva, who coordinated the event, said the group had planned it so everyone could celebrate Easter the traditional Bulgarian way. "Bulgarian Easter traditions are quite different from ones over here," she said.
Tyler Betzhold, senior catering chef for the University of Richmond, has completed the requirements for the certified Executive Chef accreditation from the American Culinary Federation. Betzhold prepares food for on-campus events including banquets, conferences and award ceremonies.
The Spanish and Latino Student Alliance (SALSA) hosted its third annual Noche Latina at Tyler Haynes Commons Saturday night, providing its audience with authentic food, dancing and even a Mr. Latin America competition. Isela Melendez, president of SALSA, said the event had been held to help bring awareness to campus about the Latino culture. "We feel there isn't a lot of Latino presence on campus," she said, "and this is a fun way to meet other Latinos.
Courtney Harvey, president of UR Fierce, and Ronwyn Pritchett, founder and president of Future American Men of Excellence, schooled audience members on fashion dos and don'ts at the UR Fashion Police show Friday. "It's an event where we wanted to show different things that we've seen on campus and also want to show what to wear and what not to wear in certain situations, " Harvey said.
Alexandra Hamlet, a University of Richmond graduate and Richmond, Va., native, will be returning to campus to sign copies of her first book, "The Right Guard," from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Neither John O'Hurley nor Steve Harvey was dressed in a black button-up and white suit and tie on Monday at Lambda Chi Alpha's Family Feud for Food philanthropy fundraiser. John Grady, a junior, was the host of Lambda Chi's first philanthropy event since its reestablishment on campus in 2010.
The strength to make the right decision and the gift of a virtuous leader frame the film "Weapons of Spirit," based on a true story of survival during World War II.
Before coming to the University of Richmond, Heather Thornton had never been abroad, but once at the university, she pursued four trips abroad and was awarded the opportunity to participate in the Rangel Fellowship, a program that grooms undergraduate students into foreign officers, Thornton said. Thornton was one of 20 college students nationwide awarded the fellowship, among 300 applicants, she said.
The University of Richmond's Middle Eastern Club hosted its fifth annual Arabian Nights event March 29 featuring live music, traditional dancing, henna and authentic cuisine. The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures sponsored this event as a part of the "Larger than Languages" series. Senior Patrick Coughlin, along with several teachers from the MLC Department, put the event together. "The main purpose of the event was to expose the Richmond community to some of the more remarkable aspects of Middle Eastern culture through a memorable night of authentic cuisine, live performances and exhibitions," he said. Organizers of the event arrived earlier in the evening to decorate the International Center Commons and the courtyard.
Sitting in the back of an ambulance, racing down I-95 to the scene of a priority one motor vehicle accident, sirens blaring and clinging to the seat for dear life was one of the scariest moments of my life.
Emily McFadden, a Westhampton College junior and biochemistry major, recently received the national Beckman Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate research in the chemistry and biological sciences. The Beckman Scholars Program , established in 1997, was designed to provide scholarships that contribute significantly in advancing the education, research training and personal development of select students in biochemistry and its relative fields, according to the program's website.
