Outside the office of Amy Treonis in the Gottwald Science Center, lettuce, broccoli, onions and other seedlings are preparing for their ultimate transfer to outdoor soil.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in 2009 an estimated 438 million electronic products were sold in the United States alone -- a two-fold increase since 1997 -- which has led to annual increases in electronic waste.
Last Friday, Edward Ayers announced he would be stepping down as university president after next academic year. It will be his eighth year as president, and will coincide with the culmination of the Richmond Promise and Fulfilling the Promise campaigns. In this March 7 interview, Ayers spoke in his office about the past, present and future of his role as president and his relationship with the University of Richmond Clay Helms: In leading up to this decision, when did it first become a consideration for you and when did that consideration transition into a personal decision? President Ayers: I knew that by my contract I had to give the board an answer in March if I was going to renew for another year.
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For once, Richmond wasn't the filming location for a Civil War film. Instead, it was the setting for a movie whose visceral topic hit close to home. "Troop 491: Adventures of the Muddy Lions," a two-hour feature-length film, was written and directed by Richmond native Patrick "Praheme" Ricks.
When junior Juliana Sorrentino's computer finished installing ClearPass OnGuard, the effect it had on her Mac was evident instantly.
Despite its status as an Olympic sport, many Americans don't know a thing about curling. One group of 20 adventurous Spiders will find out just what it takes to be a curler this week when they take a class with the Curling Club of Virginia at the Richmond Ice Zone at 6 p.m.
After his fireside chat on Tuesday, John B. Veihmeyer, chairman and CEO of KPMG LLP, said the key to picking the right firm to work at came from getting a sense of the organization's culture. KPMG, one of the "Big Four" audit firms, offers audit, tax, consulting and other services to many publicly traded and private companies. "Picking which firm you want to join is like a picking a college," Veihmeyer said.
Recently, a number of University of Richmond students found out where they would be studying abroad in the fall. Sophomore Garrett Fundakowski said he would be attending a Council on International Educational Exchange program in Bonaire.
The Office of Common Ground is currently accepting nominations for the Ally of the Year Award, an honor that will be presented to one faculty or staff member and one student who have had a positive impact on the LGBTQ community at University of Richmond. "We are looking for dedicated allies who have really done the work to build community, promote equity and justice, and work in solidarity with the LGBTQ community on campus," said Ted Lewis, associate director of Common Ground for LGBTQ Campus Life. Members of the LGBTQ community and allies of the community are eligible for the award, said junior Wesley Meredith, a co-facilitator of Student Alliance for Sexual Diversity. Meredith said an ally could be someone who was not necessarily in the LGBTQ community, but a person who has made an established commitment to advocating for that community on campus. "LGBTQ people in general remain a kind of vulnerable population," Glyn Hughes, director of Common Ground, said.
Westhampton College women will have the chance to be part of the university's first body acceptance class starting this spring to fight body dissatisfaction and the pressures surrounding young women to pursue an unattainable, unhealthy body. Two Counseling and Psychological Services staff members, Jan McMillan, licensed professional counselor, and Charlynn Small, licensed psychologist, are on the CAPS eating disorders team and have worked to develop the class.
"The idea is to help simplify our road system and improve way-finding," said Andrew McBride, associate vice president for facilities. McBride said what one saw when they entered a campus is important.
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Friday afternoon, Edward Ayers announced that he would be stepping down as president of University of Richmond after the 2014-15 academic year. Ayers wrote in a campus wide email that the completion of The Richmond Promise and the Fulfilling the Promise campaign provided a natural conclusion to his term. Ayers will officially step down June 30, 2015. Promoting access, affordability, diversity and inclusion are the core values identified by The Richmond Promise campaign.
Last week, students may have noticed an influx of new faces invading campus. The visitors were part of Winter Visit Week, an Office of Undergraduate Admissions event that took place from Feb.
A federal judge overturned Virginia's same-sex marriage ban Feb. 13, and declared it unconstitutional as the South's most powerful legal reversal of restrictive marriage rights to date. "Our Constitution declares that 'all men are created equal,'" wrote U.S.
Lisa Hajjar, a sociologist from University of California, Santa Barbara, presented a lecture Feb.
As a Westhampton College student in the 1930s, Gertrude Murrel duPont (Howland) was upset that some of her classmates could not attend cultural events that she enjoyed because of financial reasons.
University of Richmond President Edward Ayers choked back tears at a Common Ground forum Tuesday night when he responded to feelings expressed by university community members regarding the comments made by board of trustees member Paul Queally. "It is humbling to see that no matter how hard we work, what we have built can be damaged quickly," Ayers said in the last comment of the night.
One day last year, Ray Fraser, Richmond College '11, was sitting in a coffee shop when he noticed that the trash can near him was quickly filling up with the one-use coffee sleeves meant to keep customer's hands from getting burned.
