“Richmond is known for its great crowds, I want to make sure I prioritize the memory of it because I know I have many more races to come,” Bruce said.
“We′re committed to helping students figure out what the future looks like, right? And I think that one of the things we hear from students is that they want to be prepared for a workforce that expects a certain level of AI literacy."
One person in particular played a crucial role in establishing the restaurant: Liliana Diaz Duran, a floater production manager with Dining Services.
“Now it feels like the university can’t imagine it wasn’t supporting first-gen students,” Miles said. “It feels like it’s in the fabric of student support here.”
“I think the University of Richmond has a lot of clubs already, but it kind of feels like a bubble where there aren't that many opportunities to meet people off of campus, and I think that's so important, especially for me as a senior," club founder Ava Tankersley said. "I'm not gonna have this community of being a student after I graduate, so finding communities that engage everybody, that was always my goal."
Originally, TonyPinDC was just a hobby for Polcari. He had previously dabbled in sports broadcasting during high school and college and just wanted an outlet that put him in front of a camera again.
“He would be the kind of person that would drop what he was doing to come help you,” Thomas said. “And I think that type of dedication to your friends, or family or people you love? That’s something that you have to hold onto and treasure because now, people don’t make themselves available like that, which is understandable, but he really did.”
Director of Student Involvement Andrew Gurka marked the last day of his 18-year career at the University of Richmond on Friday, Feb. 9.
In July 2023, Dean Joe Boehman embarked on a journey to reach as many students as possible by starting a podcast series. He created “Deanology” to expand on the topics covered in the “Good Morning, Spiders” series.
“She's so excited; she’s a breath of fresh air,” Schaal said. “She's bringing the genuine excitement that she has about her role in the work of the provost, and it is just really amazing to watch on a day-to-day basis. It's an everyday thing.”
Elisabeth Gruner, an English professor at the University of Richmond, is known to many for her alternative style of assigning grades, called “ungrading.”
“If I am not feeling 100% and I walk in and there are no other girls there, it’s so defeating, in my opinion,” Bangs said. “It definitely hits me when I need a spot and there’s no girls in the gym.” She knows that most people would be happy to spot her bench press, but it takes her time to muster up the courage to ask.
Her call to the counseling field came early in life.
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.
Silene, 30, is a rising figure in the world of rock and pop music in the city of Richmond. She is known for her distinctive sound, often described as "dreampop." The artist recently unveiled her latest single, "The Seeker."
On the evening of Oct. 25, Leland Melvin, ‘86, had an audience of hundreds captivated by his stories of perseverance as an astronaut at NASA. He was joined on stage – as he was in space – by his friend and fellow former astronaut Robert Satcher. They traveled aboard the shuttle Atlantis in 2009, marking the first time two African-American men were in space together.
Bolling and VanValkenburg follow in the path of Rep. Jennifer McClellan, ‘94, who served in the Virginia General Assembly for over 17 years.
Math gives us the tools to study these systems, and computer science can write code to generate images of reconfiguration systems that could not be done by hand. The main purpose of reconfiguration is taking the solutions for one particular problem for a graph and finding the link between them.
Despite her eventual success, Khatcheressian’s struggles at UR did not end with her housing reassignment. Before college, only her close friends and family knew that she had transitioned, and UR was the first place where she introduced herself to new people as a woman.
Despite high currents, jellyfish and chilling water, University of Richmond alum Molly Sanborn ‘16 became the 1,864th swimmer in the world to successfully swim across the English Channel.
