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COVID-19

On April 17, U of Richmond President Will Live Stream His Cello Performance on Facebook

To provide “inspiration, encouragement, and comfort” to his institution’s community during the coronavirus pandemic, University of Richmond president Ronald A. Crutcher will live stream his cello performance at noon on April 17 on the college’s Facebook page. “This is a terribly challenging time for everyone,” Crutcher said. “It is also a time filled with disappointment […]

April 13, 2020

Students

Uncharted Waters: The Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Remote Learning

This week may mark your first time remote teaching. Maybe your institution remains on spring break, and your transition is next week. Or perhaps you’ve been embroiled in our new normal for a few weeks now. No matter what phase of a COVID-19 environment you are in, as professors all across the world engage in remote teaching, having a plan in place is the best strategy.

March 26, 2020

Opinion

Crafting Our Political Self: A Powerful Antidote to Intolerance

It is difficult and counterintuitive to ask questions about the self when we have been attacked by another. The reality, however, is that how we craft ourselves, and our communities, is the only thing within our control.

February 25, 2020

News Roundup

Documents Show University of Richmond Built on Slave Burial Site

University of Richmond has acknowledged that part of their campus was built on a slave burial site, NBC reported. “Only together can we tell a fuller history of this land, remembering and memorializing those whom existing narratives have excluded or forgotten,” University of Richmond President Dr. Ronald Crutcher wrote in a statement. In a message […]

January 23, 2020

Health

Balance is Elusive. Seek Personal ‘Integration’ in 2020

“Work-life balance” is a widespread challenge, one originating in industrialization, the marketplace, and the reinforcement of public versus private spaces. Rather than work-life balance, for the new year attention must be paid to the ongoing integration between and among ourselves, our many identities, and the institutions and communities to which we belong.

January 14, 2020

Opinion

Strategic Plans? Why They Matter for the Promise of Inclusive Excellence

Church folks know the phrase, “No plan, no promise.” For academic faculty and staff at colleges and universities across the country, however, the call for a strategic plan can be more than a little wearying.

December 4, 2019

Latest News

University of Richmond Group Formed to Discuss Race, Social Issues

After the events of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017, members from the University of Richmond community formed a group to discuss race and racism.

August 6, 2019

News Roundup

University of Richmond Using Goats for Landscape Management

RICHMOND, Va. — The University of Richmond is planning to use a herd of goats as part of a landscape management project. The university said in a news release Monday that the goats will help clear invasive species from part of the campus as part of an effort to create an “eco-corridor.” They will reside […]

April 24, 2018

News Roundup

Hip-hop Evolution Topic of College Lecture

RICHMOND, Va. — The University of Richmond will host a lecture and panel discussion examining hip-hop as a social, political and artistic movement. “Sampling Black History: Examining the Evolution of Hip Hop in America” will be held on Feb. 19, 7-9:30 p.m., in the Robins School of Business, Ukrop Auditorium. Panelists are hip-hop producer Hank […]

February 8, 2018

Home

Guest Artists Add a New Dimension to Hip Hop Studies

The inclusion of Hip Hop studies in academia has become a growing trend at colleges and universities around the country.

November 9, 2017

Students

Colleges Find Rebooting With Experienced Leadership Paying Off

As several higher ed institutions usher in new presidents and leaders, many look for opportunities to increase diversity, student enrollment and retention.

November 6, 2016

Students

Fraternity at University of Richmond Suspended Over Inappropriate Email

RICHMOND, Va. ―A University of Richmond fraternity has been suspended over what the school called a “grossly offensive” email that described a party as one that “makes fathers afraid to send their daughters away to school.” The fraternity’s suspension comes as the school faces scrutiny over its handling of alleged sexual assaults after two female […]

September 13, 2016