Photo Gallery: Ring Dance 2009
Photos from the 2009 Ring Dance ceremony on Feb. 7 at the Jefferson Hotel in downtown Richmond.
Photo Gallery: Final week of the fall 2008 semester
The final week of the fall 2008 semester included numerous holiday celebrations and performances, including shows from a capella groups, the synchronized swimming team, a party at the President’s house and carriage rides.
‘People need to get out there and spend money,’ economist says
Befekadu Degefe presented a course of action President-elect Barack Obama could use to restore the U.S. economy and consumer confidence: create more jobs.
Photo Gallery: Nov. 4, 2008
In the final days of the 2008 Election, both political parties stormed in and around Richmond trying to muster up support before Tuesday’s contest.
UR students vote in record numbers at local polls
At 5:45 a.m., a line more than a block-and-a-half long snaked out of the Westhampton Baptist Church voting precinct where 2,200 voters were registered.
Students learn how bacteria kills
In one of the labs in Gottwald Science Center lies a particular bacterium that kills nearly a million people every year.
Male intruder entering student apartments, touching victims
University of Richmond Police received four reports during the past two weeks from students who awakened to find an unknown male in their apartments.
Heroes and underdogs
Senior Katie Hudson is working with psychology professor Scott Allison, who has had an interest in heroes since he taught the Core course and said one of the ways heroes enter into our lives is through the stories we tell.
Ayers urges new students to engage in school’s future
President Edward Ayers called on new students Monday afternoon to actively shape the school’s identity, and also acknowledged that increasing diversity was “an obligation” the university was still trying to fulfill.
Students mobilize against black doll noose incident
Students outraged over a black doll’s hanging in the Cousins Studio Theater are demanding the administration condemn the gesture and develop a protocol for dealing with future incidents.


