Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, spoke to staff and students at the University of Richmond on Monday evening, discussing his role as a leadership studies professor and active politician. Kaine began by speaking about his origins at the University of Richmond and early aspirations to run for city council.
Following a controversial cap-and-trade bill passed by the House last summer, and the Copenhagen summit on climate change this previous December, community leaders, scientists and businesspeople gathered at the Jepson Alumni Center Thursday to discuss America's energy strategy. The conference, Vision 2020: A View of Our Energy Future, was highlighted by former Virginia governor George Allen, as well as executives from General Electric, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. "It is a critical moment for honest discussion," said Aimee Christensen, an environmental activist.
A device that could transform the music industry, according to its creator, won first place and a $3,500 prize in the third annual UR Business Pitch Competition. "It is the Rosetta Stone of learning how to play an instrument and the Kindle of sheet music," said senior Tom Borwick, creator of the VIVO. The VIVO is a portable electronic device that can store and display sheet music, and listen, record and follow the musician as he or she plays an instrument, he said. During Borwick's final round presentation to the panel of judges, senior Jessica Clough played violin while using a prototype model of the VIVO.
The University of Richmond's Boatwright Memorial Library staff invited students to share their frustrations after receiving a slew of complaints about volume control and common courtesy in the library. Lucretia McCulley, the director of outreach services for Boatwright Memorial Library, said that she had received several comments through the library's ongoing Counting Opinions survey about problems with quiet areas staying quiet. "This is a difficult issue for library staff to monitor," McCulley wrote in an e-mail.
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A team of four University of Richmond senior business students won the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Virginia Investment Research Challenge on Feb.
According to the Associated Press, legal definitions of burglary vary, but in general a burglary involves entering a building (not necessarily by breaking in) and remaining there unlawfully with the intention of committing a crime. Larceny is the legal term for the wrongful taking of property.
Vandalism March 23, 5 p.m. The taillight on a Westhampton College student's Ford Explorer was damaged in the 100 block of the University Forest Apartments.
Givology Spiders held a concert and raffle on March 20 that raised $10,000 for a Peace School in Uganda. The event lasted from 3 p.m.
Rap artist Afroman performed during Pig Roast at the University of Richmond, arriving roughly an hour and a half after he was originally scheduled to perform at 3:30 p.m. The Campus Activities Board booked and managed Afroman's performance at the Robins Center on March 27.
Green Bikes are back on campus after the winter, along with 14 new yellow bikes that were purchased to replace damaged and lost bikes. The Green Bike program was first launched by GreenUR, the student environmental and sustainability group, during the fall of 2009 with 35 green beach cruisers available for students, faculty and staff to use anywhere on campus.
Students voted Tuesday for their student government class chairs and senators for the 2010-2011 academic year. Richmond College students from the class of 2013 elected Evan Harris as their chair, and Bradley Rotter, Casey Glick, Brian Cherry, Keefer Taylor, Maurice Jones, Jake Morrison and Colin Billings as their senators.
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Engendered by recent discourse and articles regarding race at the University of Richmond, student leaders, administrators and students convened in the forum on March 25, 2010, for a civil dialogue on community inclusiveness and racism. "This discussion is not about solving racism in an hour," said Mike Murray, former president of the Richmond College Student Government Association.
When University of Richmond students arrived at the medical clinic on their first day in Pampa Grande, Peru, there were at least 20 Peruvians waiting by the door.
The university's Steam Plant, also referred to as the power plant, operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year so the university community has enough steam to generate hot water, heat and air conditioning in all of the buildings on campus. I spoke with George Souleret, university engineer, and took a tour of the steam plant to see what the facilities workers do to take care of the plant.
Larceny March 2, 8:43 a.m. A golf cart's vinyl covering, valued at $450, was stolen from outside the Heilman Dining Center. March 18, 4:32 p.m.
Robert C. Dillard decided during his first job as a draftsman ? sitting at a drawing table doing building plans eight hours per day ? that he didn't want to spend the rest of his life cooped up inside. "I wanted a job where I'd be outside and working with people," he said.
BusinessWeek ranked the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business at No. 15 among American undergraduate business programs. The school has maintained a position inside the Top-25 undergraduate rankings since BusinessWeek began publishing the list in 2006. The rankings came as school officials continue the search process for a new dean.
For the second consecutive year, the University of Richmond will join Virginia Commonwealth University in presenting the 18th French Film Festival. The festival will take place at the Byrd Theater from March 25-28, 2010.
