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Professor of behavioral neuroscience, Kelly Lambert, studies driving rats. Photos courtesy of Jamie Wagner, taken by Jamie Betts.

From rats to zebra fish: UR's animal care specialist keeps lab animals safe

By Juliet Zucker | December 12, 2025

Jamie Wagner was hired in September 2024 as the University of Richmond’s animal care specialist. Wagner comes from exotic veterinary medicine, working in radiology, as well as a surgery technician for different wildlife. Now she oversees the university’s vertebrate species from zebrafish in the biology labs to rats in behavioral neuroscience studies, and also ensures the university complies with federal animal-research regulations.

Who is Tony P to the UR community?

By Juliet Zucker | November 15, 2023

Better known as Tony P. online, videos of Polcari showing off his “Sunday fits,” going furniture shopping and cooking fish have gone viral - and his 133,000 Instagram followers can’t get enough.

Spiders Against Apartheid demonstration takes place Oct. 25 with counter-protesters and University of Richmond Police Department standing outside the demonstration.

Students shaken after demonstration and counter-protest at University Forum

By Amy Jablonski and Juliet Zucker | November 4, 2023

Another Jewish student who spoke anonymously to The Collegian out of concern for her safety said that Jewish students felt unsafe on campus after the demonstration.

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From rats to zebra fish: UR's animal care specialist keeps lab animals safe

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