Dan Petty
Online Editor, 2008-09
Dan served as the online editor of The Collegian during the 2008-09 academic year, pioneering the newspaper's Web site redesign the summer before his senior year. The final product won best overall college newspaper Web site from the Student Society for News Design in the spring of 2009. Previously, he was The Collegian news editor, from 2007-08. He blogged for The New York Times during the 2008 presidential and vice presidential debates and has also interned as a staff writer for The Associated Press in Richmond, The Pennington (N.J.) Post weekly newspaper, and Stateline.org, a daily news Web site dedicated to tracking, analyzing and explaining trends in state government and politics. He was a multimedia and online intern for the summer of 2009 with The Denver Post through a program with the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund and has since been hired as the news organization's social media editor. While at Richmond, he ran varsity cross country and track and field and played in the university's wind ensemble. He majored in biology and journalism and earned a minor in French.
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Brian Rosenworcel — Guster
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Articles
Jun 29, 2009, 7:36 pm ET
Chaplain search down to two candidates, O’Dwyer Randall’s future role unclear
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President Edward Ayers said late Monday that the search for a permanent chaplain to the University of Richmond has been narrowed to two candidates, neither of whom are Acting Chaplain Kate O’Dwyer Randall.

May 21, 2009, 10:47 pm ET
Steven Gerstenfeld
Former tennis coach sentenced to 5 years prison in child pornography case
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A U.S. District judge has sentenced former University of Richmond men’s tennis coach Steven Gerstenfeld to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to attempted receipt of child pornography.

May 18, 2009, 4:21 pm ET
Henry N. Butler
Northwestern prof declines b-school dean position
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Henry N. Butler, a Richmond alumnus and executive director of Northwestern University’s Searle Center of Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, has declined an offer to be dean of the Robins School of Business.

May 13, 2009, 3:03 am ET
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Photo Gallery: Westhampton Lake Candlelight Ceremony
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University of Richmond seniors gathered Saturday night around Westhampton Lake for a candlelight ceremony, which included musical performances, student speaker Abigail Cohen and a fireworks display.

May 12, 2009, 9:08 pm ET
Riannon Blaisdell-Black
Photo Gallery: ROTC Officers’ Commissioning Ceremony
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Nine students — three from the University of Richmond, five from Virginia Commonwealth University and one from Randolph-Macon College — were commissioned as 2nd lieutenants in the U.S. Army on Saturday during a ceremony at Cannon Memorial Chapel.

May 9, 2009, 2:57 am ET
Missy Mendez
Photo Gallery: 2009 Senior Graduation Celebration
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Seniors kicked off weekend commencement festivities Friday night during the senior celebration, held at the University Forum.

Apr 25, 2009, 7:01 pm ET
Brian Rosenworcel — Guster
Photo Gallery: Guster
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Photos from the Guster concert at the Robins Center.

Apr 23, 2009, 5:19 pm ET
Lake Kara
From Kabul, professor helps Afghanistan create first national park
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Six lakes tucked into the central mountains of Afghanistan have become the country’s first national park, thanks largely to the work of a Richmond biology professor.

Apr 16, 2009, 11:59 pm ET
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine
Kaine to give commencement address to Class of 2009
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will be the keynote speaker at the 179th commencement, a decision that signals a sea change in the university’s policy for selecting commencement speakers.

Apr 7, 2009, 12:46 am ET
Four students in Italy safe after quake, school officials say
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A major earthquake that struck central Italy on Monday did not cause injury to four University of Richmond students studying abroad in the country, officials confirmed Monday night.

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