A few of the cadets from University of Richmond's ROTC program grumbled about the cold, rainy early morning weather at 5:45 last Thursday as they filtered onto the grounds of the new E.
The University of Richmond Women in Math and Science Initiative is providing a forum for women interested in the sciences, mathematics and computer science to meet and discuss the issues surrounding the fields that often lack women. The Women in Math and Science Initiative (WIMS) moved from the idea stage to a reality this fall, mathematics professor Della Fenster said.
University of Richmond dietitian Carolyn Powell collapsed in her 2-year-old son's bedroom on July 6 after a seizure stopped her heart.
For most children, a trip to Jamaica is a vacation, but for freshman Kadeem Fyffe, it was a threat. Fyffe is a first-generation American whose parents are from Jamaica, and he said they had had little to no exposure to homosexuality until they came to the United States.
Joe Hoyle, associate professor of accounting in the University of Richmond's E. Claiborne Robins School of Business, was named to Accounting Today magazine's "Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting" list for 2009. The list, which Accounting Today has been compiling for nearly 20 years, includes Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and the Chief Executive Officers of firms such as KPMG and Ernst & Young, as well as other professors and professionals who have affected the field. The article noted Hoyle's Web site, cpareviewforfree.com, which provides review materials and practice exams to help people prepare for the CPA exam.
The Princeton Review has again selected the University of Richmond's T.C. Williams School of Law to appear in the 2010 edition of "174 Best Law Schools." Richmond law students gave the school positive ratings in the areas of academics for the "family-like atmosphere" and individual help from professors. "I think that it is quite true that we offer an education here that is delivered on a very personal scale," said John Douglass, law school dean.
The University of Richmond football team used 28 second-half points to defeat the University of Maine 38-21 on Saturday, extending its school-record winning streak to 15 games. The Spiders trailed 14-10 at halftime, but started the second half by scoring 28 unanswered points, highlighted by senior safety Derek Hatcher's 90-yard punt return touchdown. During the first drive of the second half, Richmond senior quarterback Eric Ward led the team down the field before throwing a three-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Donte Boston.
A raccoon was captured by University of Richmond Police officers Friday afternoon after it attempted to enter Boatwright Memorial Library and showed signs of being rabid. The raccoon attempted to enter the library as people were walking in and out of the doors and eventually hid in the bushes to the right of the library.
More than 75 study abroad programs in 30 countries were represented at the University of Richmond's Study Abroad Fair in the Alice Haynes Room last Thursday. Although the fair is only a glimpse of what an international education can offer, it helps students who are considering studying abroad narrow their choices and gather insights from alumni and exchange students. Prospective study-abroad students migrated from one display to the next, weighing their options of study abroad institutions and programs that might be best-suited to their academic needs and travel interests.
T-shirts bearing messages such as "Stop the violence" and "We will fight back" hung from a clothesline on the lawn outside the Boatwright Memorial Library on Tuesday afternoon as part of the Clothesline Project, a movement to raise awareness about violence against women. The project, which is supported once a year by Women Involved in Living and Learning, gives students affected by violence an opportunity to express their emotions on a shirt.
The University of Richmond's policies regarding workplace violence have been structured to create an environment in which potential acts of violence - such as the one that led to the death of a Yale graduate student last month - are managed before they intensify. Authorities in New Haven, Conn., recently called the murder of Yale graduate student Annie Le a result of workplace violence.
The University Police has seen a sharp increase in the number of golf carts being stolen and damaged during the past few months - a crime which carries a maximum five-year prison sentence, according to Virginia law. The police have reported 13 incidents of stolen or damaged golf carts since Aug.
When University of Richmond students register for their spring classes in a few weeks, they will not have term PIN cards for the first time. The PIN card - an index card printed with a student's name, class year, student ID number and a series of numbers that serve as a password for the student to register - will be replaced with a new online system, the BannerWeb online activation system, Registrar Susan Breeden said. In the past, students received the PIN cards during meetings with their advisers, Breeden said, and the PIN card system was designed to ensure that students attended their advising meetings.
Larceny Sept. 29, 1:15 p.m. A Richmond College student's blue mountain bike was stolen from outside the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness.
Multiple construction projects on campus have changed where people can park, causing a lot of angst for faculty, staff, students and, believe it or not, Parking Services members.
University of Richmond staff members now have the opportunity to cultivate their writing skills both professionally and creatively through the university's new Staff Writing Project. The Staff Writing Project Web site consists of resources for writing on the job, writing and speech center assistance, GED preparation, English as a Second Language tutoring and book discussion participation.
Arts Around the Lake featured approximately 100 local area artists who displayed and sold their artwork Sunday around Westhampton Lake.
The Rev. Craig Kocher was installed as the university chaplain and Jessie Ball duPont chair of the chaplaincy Saturday night at the Cannon Memorial Chapel. The chaplain installation service - only the second ever at the University of Richmond - marked the official welcoming of Kocher by the Richmond community and served as an expression of trust in his leadership.
The Richmond College Student Government Association sustainability committee is working on a proposal to add green roofs and solar panels to the Gottwald Science Center. Sophomore Jerry Giordano, RCSGA sustainability chairman and vice president of Green UR, the University of Richmond's environmental club, is in charge of creating the proposal with the help of two fellow RCSGA senators, junior Chris Repas and senior Gabe Gigliotti. The green roofs and solar panels would be used to conserve non-renewable energy sources such as fossil fuels, natural gas, oil and coal, Giordano said. There are three roofs on Gottwald: two lower roofs and one higher roof.
You may have noticed that the coffee cup sleeves from 8:15 at Boatwright are not an ad for Starbucks, but have the faces of University of Richmond alumni who seem to be doing some awesome things with their post-Liberal-Arts lives.
