Let's Talk Sustainability: Opportunities to learn about sustainability in UR courses
Editor's note: Let's Talk Sustainability is a column series focusing on sustainability, written by interns from the Office for Sustainability.
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Editor's note: Let's Talk Sustainability is a column series focusing on sustainability, written by interns from the Office for Sustainability.
University of Richmond dining facilities are supporting the campus-wide Rethink Waste sustainability campaign, whose goal is 75 percent waste diversion by 2025, with a small, but meaningful, effort: rethinking single-use plastic straws.
As we dive into Black History month, on Monday, Feb. 4, the University of Richmond will host a Justice First! Symposium at noon in the Ukrop Auditorium with the Rev. Leo Woodberry, Mustafa Santiago Ali, Ya-Sin Shabazz and community leaders from across Virginia.
Editor's note: Today, The Collegian is introducing columns from contributors to its coverage. This story is the first of a column focusing on sustainability, written by an intern for the Office for Sustainability.
Can you vote for someone you despise simply because of his or her party affiliation?
Two years after the introduction of a Peer Sexual Misconduct Advisor program for undergraduate students, the T.C. Williams School of Law has seven of its own confidential peer advisers trained in Title IX policy and emotional support.
The University of Richmond is celebrating South Africa Week as part of this year’s International Week from November 12-16, exploring themes of justice, reconciliation, commemoration and environmental stewardship.
Students who recently completed an Intro to Sustainability session and are on their way to becoming full URSA members.
Some students on campus leave the water running when they are brushing their teeth, don't quite understand what the different recycling bins are for and forget to turn the lights off when they leave the room.
Passport Café is phasing out plastic straws and offering strawless lids for cold drinks in an effort to make dining more sustainable on campus.
At The Collegian, we want to write stories that matter to you. We asked readers to send in their questions and burning curiosities about the University of Richmond. No topic was too big or too small. We picked five of them, and our reporters have found the answers for you. One question and answer will be published each day this week. Read the other stories in the series here. And keep being curious.
Yerba mate beverages are popular among University of Richmond students, but some studies show that the South American caffeinated tea can cause detrimental side effects.
The doors to the Lora Robins Gallery stood wide open as visitors were ushered into a room filled with row after row of glass shelves. Intricate stones and dazzling gems lay on the glass, bathed under fluorescent lights that shone from above. Straight ahead rested three tables fixed in a square shape and bending under the weight of what lay on top: piles of documents, battered yearbooks and photographs in black and white.
In the 2019 edition of The Princeton Review (The Best 384 Colleges: 2019 Edition), the University of Richmond maintained its reputation as one of the top-rated universities in the nation. UR ranked among the top 20 schools for dining options, health services, library facilities, study abroad programs and popularity of Greek life. It ranked among the top 10 schools for athletic facilities and quality of life among students and for having a beautiful campus. The university ranked among the top five schools for career services, classroom experience and internships, and it was ranked the No. 3 best-run college in the country. Incredible!
A floating green substance called duckweed has recently given Westhampton Lake a vibrant, green appearance.
In a single day, Americans across the nation waste around 150,000 tons of food. Per person, that’s a pound of food a day. Per year, that equates to 60 million tons or $160 billion worth of food thrown away.
University of Richmond announced a new partnership with solar energy company sPower, the largest private owner of solar assets in the United States in August.
The setting: political geography class. The assignment: discuss the literature of Ta-Nehisi Coates in groups, responding to questions such as “What would you ask the author?” The issue: a white female classmate, clearly curious on some more nuanced aspects of Coates' life as a black man, stutters, stammers and ultimately silences herself as she tries to qualify her statements in the name of not sounding racist or privileged.
In an effort to make the University of Richmond campus more inclusive, students are in the process of creating two new organizations that will provide more opportunities for diverse perspectives to come together.
Police arrested a University of Richmond student Wednesday night for involuntary manslaughter following a car accident that resulted in one death, said Robert Cerullo, the Powhatan Deputy Commonwealth’s attorney.