Senior Caroline Cobert is the curator of the exhibition "Ti-Ameny-Net: An Ancient Mummy, An Egyptian Woman and Modern Science," which opens Thursday in the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature.
Students enrolled in professor Matt Thornton's Capoeira Angola course are practicing physically demanding skills while learning about the cultural implications of an Afro-Brazilian form of dance and self-defense. Capoeira originates from African slaves as a form of cultural resistance, according to the course description.
Sophomore Ryan Gardner was sitting at his computer updating his newly created music blog in early Dec.
Cultural advisers at the University of Richmond hope a new way to spend Saturday nights will build community and enhance diversity at the University of Richmond. CA Alternatives began last February with pizza and games in Whitehurst living room as an alternative to lodges or apartment parties, said Lisa Miles, assistant director of Common Ground. "We expected 15 people to show up," Miles said.
January 2011. Alex Wu rubbed his hands together in the winter air as he walked into a cheer gym, warming up for an intense night of tumbling.
Former Virginia governor and University of Richmond professor Tim Kaine told his leadership studies class in March 2011 that he would run for a Senate seat in 2012.
Every year, the University of Richmond attracts talented visual and performing artists by offering up to six full-tuition scholarships to incoming freshmen through the Richmond Scholars program. Jennifer Cable, professor of music and director of the Richmond Scholars program, said artist scholars must major or minor in studio art, music, theatre or dance.
Nicole Sackley, professor of history and American studies, has been awarded a $37,500 research grant to further her studies of developments by American social scientists.
A cacophony greeted visitors the second they entered the door, as raucous yells and laughter filled the air.
Studio Production III's newest production, "Dead Man's Cellphone," left its audiences to ponder the effect of technology on personal relationships.
Kevin Alloway was sitting in the Jepson Quadrangle, watching an improvisation show, when, out of the black of night, a pair of balled-up socks whizzed past his head.
"It is the aestheticizing of social difference that has led to discrimination in today's society," professor Shannon Winnubst from Ohio State University said at a speech on Monday. Her speech titled, "Hot Pink Dresses or 'Adam Smith' Ties?" discussed the "queer" challenge faced by many people in a neoliberal's world.
"A new semester brings with it fresh creepers who create things like @URspotted #uranidiot," @UR_An_Idiot, an anonymous Twitter account, tweeted at @URspotted. "Someone's a little jealous they weren't spotted @UR_An_Idiot1 #betterlucknexttimeCH," @URspotted tweeted in response.
After working at the University of Richmond for 20 years, English professor Daryl Dance is retiring this spring, but be careful when mentioning the word retirement around her. "I want to make it clear, that what we're calling retirement and talking about as retirement, I don't look at as retirement in that sense of the word," she said.
Chucho Valdes and the Afro-Cuban Messengers had bowed, waved to the audience and left the stage. But the crowd in the University of Richmond Camp Concert Hall was still standing, applauding and chanting for an encore. Valdes let the audience stand in anticipation long enough that people started to file out of the orchestra seats.
Some students at the University of Richmond are spending their spring break doing service work, discussing and learning about a social issue and bonding with their peers during an alternative spring break trip. Senior Chelsea Safran and junior Helene Calabrese will be returning to the highlands of Pampas Grande, Peru, on an alternative spring break trip for the second and third time, respectively. The trip to Peru focuses on health issues in the village of Pampas Grande and is led by Sean McKenna, a professor and pediatrician at the Medical College of Virginia. Safran said the group of about 15 students was preparing for the trip by deciding which medical supplies to bring and dividing into committees focused on specific health concerns, such as women's health.
Bob "Coach" Thalman, of Atlanta, died on Jan. 31, 2012. He was 89 years old. He is survived by Mary Thalman, his wife of 62 years, his brother William Thalman, sister Mary Jane Schuetz, his four children, Linda Norwood, Robert Thalman, Carolyn Laraway and Tommy Thalman, and 10 grandchildren. Thalman was born on Nov.
My eyes stayed trained on the TV as I shoveled delicious finger food into my mouth and focused on the one thing that grabbed my attention during the Super Bowl -- the commercials. The million dollar advertisements regrettably kept me next to the wings, chips and guacamole throughout the night.
"Everybody on the mainland thinks that because I live in Hawaii, I live in Paradise ... Are they insane?" As Ricky Gervais drunkenly reminded me at the Golden Globes, the awards season has begun, and with the Oscars fast approaching, I wanted to watch a movie that would be nominated in a slew of categories.
On the ninth floor of 503 Main St. in Richmond, behind door 901, is the small suite of Commonwealth Partnerships, a business started by University of Richmond alumni Andrew Ryan '06, Mike Gray '06 and Mark Hickman '07.
