Two of the three passengers who were in a deadly hot air balloon crash in Caroline, Va., Friday night were University of Richmond women's basketball staff members, according to the Henrico Citizen and additional sources.
The University of Richmond Police Department is holding a public sale of unclaimed items from May 12 to May 21 in the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness, via silent auction.
After competing in the zone finals, Kristen Bailey has qualified to compete in the national championship of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association May 1 in Harrisburg, Pa. Bailey, a senior and co-president of the University of Richmond Equestrian Team, said she was surprised she had made it so far as to qualify for the national championship.
Spiders for Life, the pro-life student organization at University of Richmond, will be holding their first event coordinated with the Students for Life of America this Friday on the academic quad. The event, "What Has Roe Done for Us?", is the first time this specific event has been brought to campus, Stephanie Zemanek, the president of Spiders for Life, said, although they have worked with the SFLA in the past. Emma Johansson, the incoming president for Spiders for Life, said the event would consist of several 6-foot-tall vinyl posters that "pose a question to the reader, with information to further challenge the question posed." Zemanek said it would be "stastistical information regarding the history of illegal abortion, the Roe v.
Timothy Brooks, a student who briefly attended University of Richmond as a freshman in fall 2013, was charged with hatching a nationwide drug-smuggling operation, according to the Washington Post. Brooks, 18, was admitted to Richmond to play lacrosse on scholarship during his senior year at the Haverford School in Haverford, Pa.
Monday morning, Jacqueline S. Fetrow was announced as University of Richmond's next provost and vice president for academic affairs.Fetrow will officially be moving into the position, currently held by Steve Allred, in July.
In recent months, students may have seen a mysterious, small, white object flying over campus. Not far behind, on the ground, is physics professor Con Beausang with a remote control in his hand.
When senior Stephen Laszcyk was a freshman, he found himself searching for a way to connect with and learn from upperclassmen who shared his interest in finance. Laszcyk found that avenue in Portfolio Management Group, a student-run investment group in the Robins School of Business.
Saturday night, the Sigma Phi Epsilon lodge on University of Richmond's campus was vandalized with slurs most often used to insult a member of the gay community. The person or people responsible have yet to be identified.
April 20 will mark the first year of Delta Sigma Pi, Rho Omega chapter, being on campus. The professional business fraternity now has 70 members after initiating their Beta Class April 4. Hadley Roberts, Westhampton College '15, the current chapter president, said she was thrilled to see the organization grow so quickly in such little time.
April 17, seniors in the Latin American and Iberian Studies major presented their papers at the annual LAIS student symposium.
This Wednesday, April 16, The Atlantic and National Journal's small town hall series about millennials and their engagement in service opportunities and entrepreneurship came to the University of Richmond campus. The event, "A New America: How Millennials Are Sparking Change," featured a wide range of political leaders and business innovators, as well as a panel of Richmond students, speaking in the Alice Haynes room packed with local residents and Richmond faculty and students. "When I think of Richmond, I think of innovation ... and millennials sparking change," said Fred Humphries, the vice president of U.S.
The documentary "In Organic We Trust" was screened in the North Court Reception Room this Monday as part of the Roosevelt Institute's Documentaries in the Greek program. The movie was followed by a talkback about reactions to the movie and the organic food movement.
The three students chosen to speak at this year's graduation ceremonies have at least two things in common: they are members of multiple student organizations, and they identify as LGBTQ or allies. Yazmeen Nunez will speak at the candlelight ceremony the evening before commencement.
Junior Melissa Diamond sat among leaders in the autism field at the United Nations April 2, prepared to speak about the therapy program she started in Jenin, Palestine for children with autism. Diamond said she was honored to be able to share her experiences in Palestine with such an important audience. "I hope that I was able to connect with them in a way that got the message across that politics should not interfere with the provision of autism services," she said. Her speech at the United Nations covered the basis of what her Jenin project did.
Seven years ago, Chris Hamby was a journalism student at University of Richmond, and Monday he became a Pulitzer Prize winner for his work reporting on coal miners being denied benefits. Hamby, 28, called winning the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting a shock. "It's incredibly gratifying to see something that consumed your thoughts and emotions for at least a year be recognized at this level," he said. Hamby works at The Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C., and his report earned the center's first Pulitzer Prize.
This Wednesday, April 16, The Atlantic and National Journal's small town hall series, "A New America: How Millennials Are Sparking Change," will be coming to the University of Richmond. The event aims to join students, business leaders and members of the Richmond community to discuss start-ups, service engagement and career prospects for the millennial generation. The event will feature Virginia Sen.
April 17, students majoring in Latin American and Iberian Studies will showcase their research, writing and knowledge base at the ninth annual LAIS Student Research Symposium. As a graduation requirement, all LAIS majors are required to present a 10-minute paper in Spanish.
Professor Martin Bonadeo sits before the carillon, a two-tier keyboard in the upper reaches of Boatwright tower, scanning a sheet of wind direction data gathered by the Richmond airport.
Contact photographer Richard Arnett at richard.arnett@richmond.edu
