The Muslim Law Student Association hosted a blood drive Sunday in memorial of 10th anniversary of 9/11 at the T.C.
More than 120 students boarded three buses last Saturday to travel to Duke University for the first football game of the season. Students paid $25 for a game ticket and the Richmond Rowdies covered bus fees, said Sarah Huang, president of the Richmond Rowdies.
In an address similar to the one given just a night before to Congress, President Barack Obama highlighted the need for the passage of his American Jobs Act to a packed Robins Center Friday morning. While the majority of his roughly 25-minute speech dealt with possible job creation and tax rates, Obama did take time to address students.
12:01 p.m.: Obama has just finished his speech, crowd on its feet. 12 p.m.: Obama getting crowd on its feet by asking them to contact its representatives by any means to pass his bill. 11:54: Obama says that there needs to be more than the American Jobs Act.
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Administration at the University of Richmond are taking a stance against sexual and domestic violence through the "It Ends Now" campaign to be held on Sept.
Wednesday's announcement that President Barack Obama would be making a speech at the Robins Center Friday morning sent campus into a frenzy and released a wave of opinions.
Here are a few things students should know about the President's visit and how they should prepare. 1.Tickets will be available for Richmond students, faculty, and staff at the Events-Conferences Office in the Physical Plant building on Thursday, Sept.
Liquor Law Violation Sept. 2, 10:27 p.m. An RC student was referred to the dean for underage possession of alcohol in the 300 block of the University Forest Apartments. Sept.
The University of Richmond gave about $350,000 to 217 students to conduct research during summer 2011. Kathy Hoke, associate dean for research support, said most of the research this summer had been done in the sciences, but that there were 50 students doing research in other areas such as history and art. "The amount of money granted has pretty much tripled in the nine years that I have been here," Hoke said. Biology professor John Hayden, who often mentors students during the summer, said the success rate was pretty high for students receiving grants at Richmond. Senior biology major Louis Desantis proposed a plan to work with Hayden on researching botanical life.
President Barack Obama will be at the Robins Center Friday morning, the school announced in an email Wednesday. Obama is expected to arrive at the Robins Center around 11:35 a.m.
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The new dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Kathleen Skerrett, met with students and faculty Monday afternoon at a meet and greet. Skerrett, who was appointed last March, was previously an associate dean and professor of religious studies at Grinnell College in Iowa.
Hurricane Irene has come and gone, leaving some students with serious headaches and others unimpressed. The storm hit the Richmond area on Saturday evening bringing a day full of heavy rain and high winds.
Hurricane Irene left behind debris and power outages at the University of Richmond, along with a bill estimated at $13,200 to $13,400. The current estimate included costs for supplying students with non-perishable food, removing trees, sweeping roads on campus and running a generator system in the dormitories that had no power. "It is still too early to give any accurate cost assessments because many contractors haven't even billed the university yet," Police Chief David McCoy said.
Vandalism Aug. 24, 8:06 a.m. An unknown person did $50 worth of damage to a flower bed and tree on Crenshaw Way. Liquor Law Violation Aug.
University of Richmond is keeping up with technology in its latest program, the iPad initiative. This fall, three Richmond faculty members will use Apple's latest invention, the iPad 2, in their classrooms as learning aids.
Active Minds, a national organization with chapters at hundreds of schools, was one of many featured this week at the Student Organization Fair. "We are a group where people can talk about their mental illnesses or the illnesses of others," said the group's president, Jennifer Johnson, a psychology major at the University of Richmond. She quickly said that a member need not be personally connected with those issues. "We are looking for a diverse membership to bring different perspective to the meetings ....we're always looking to expand our ally base," Johnson said. Active Minds focuses less on curb appeal and more on intimate encounters.
Hurricane Irene has come and gone, leaving some students with serious headaches and others unimpressed. The storm hit the Richmond area on Saturday evening bringing a day full of heavy rain and high winds.
Hurricane Irene, a Category 1 storm, hit the University of Richmond Saturday afternoon just four days after a magnitude-5.8 earthquake.
