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Psychology professor receives $1.12 million grant
By Michelle Guerrere | April 14, 2011University of Richmond assistant professor of psychology David Landy received a $1.12 million U.S.
University of Richmond assistant professor of psychology David Landy received a $1.12 million U.S.
Senior journalism majors Kristy Burkhardt, Liz McAvoy and Julia Pepe, under the direction of journalism professor Robert Hodierne, are developing an hour-long documentary film featuring Marine Sgt.
Senior citizens put on their best dancing shoes for Alpha Phi Omega's 18th-annual prom, themed "Great Gatsby," on April 6 in the Alice Haynes Room. Senior Ashley Fortner, who was the committee chairwoman of the event, said that the fraternity had expected between 40 and 50 senior citizens to attend.
Students, community members, faculty and staff tried out a distracted-driving simulator in the Forum yesterday as part of an effort to raise awareness about the dangers of texting while driving and drunk driving. The Office of Student Activities and the University of Richmond Police Department sponsored the Stop-Loss simulation, run by UNITE International, a company from Grand Rapids, Mich. In the past, police have run exercises with a golf cart and cones simulating the drunk driving experience, said Sgt.
Senior Crystal Thornhill gave a speech full of positive advice for the soon-to-graduate class of 2011 Tuesday morning at the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Convocation. Thornhill first reflected on her past four years to the audience. She talked about rough times, such as when she battled depression her first year, and also about her most memorable experience here at the University of Richmond with the Virginia Action Alliance for sexual assault and domestic violence. Thornhill's time volunteering for the VAA organization has given her much to reflect on in her own life.
The University of Richmond Police Department made its first arrest at 9 a.m. Tuesday for UR Busted, the university's annual fundraiser for the Virginia Special Olympics. Richmond faculty, staff and students were arrested on charges ranging from being a New York Jets fan to being recklessly pleasant.
On Tuesday, Richmond fans gathered together once more to honor the Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond men's basketball teams and their successes in the NCAA Tournament. Mayor Dwight C.
More than 230 people attended the biennial Associated Colleges of the South Women's and Gender Studies conference at the University of Richmond last weekend and more than 40 colleges and universities were represented. The conference, "Emancipation Knowledge: Women's and Gender Studies Now," was centered on the work of its keynote speaker, Patricia Hill Collins, author of Black Feminist Thought. According to the website, the conference focused on the following questions: * How do women's and gender studies programs offer emancipatory ways of education? * How do women's and gender studies classrooms bridge theory and practice? * How do women's and gender studies programs teach and develop activists for the 21st century? * How do feminist and queer theories potentially challenge other curriculum? * What possibilities and pitfalls do new feminist media offer? "Patricia Hill Collins can engage with anyone," said Richmond senior Kosh Kempter, president of Richmond's Women in Living and Learning program, who sat with Collins at the opening dinner.
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If web traffic is an accurate measure of the nation's interest in the University of Richmond, making it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament is the most interesting thing Richmond has done in years. On March 19, the day the Spiders defeated Morehead State University to advance to the Sweet 16, 12,400 people from outside Richmond's network visited Richmond's website, according to Phillip Gravely, Richmond's web strategies director.
A number of Richmond students participated and cheered at Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10-kilometer race presented by MARTIN's last Saturday morning. Sports Backers organized the race, which is now the fourth largest race in the nation, according to Running USA. Jackie Holt, public relations and communications assistant for Sports Backers, said that there had been 41,314 registrants in the race and 1,900 in the Kids Run. "With the excitement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams being in the Final Four, Sports Backers encouraged all participants to wear black and gold in support of the Rams," Holt said.
University of Richmond graduate Keith Donohue spread his philanthropic project to the city of Richmond on March 25 at the William Byrd Community House. It was fulfilling to accomplish hands-on work for a day, even if he did not get to interact with the children, said Donohue, the creator of Positive Present, a non-profit organization promoting positive affirmation.
Vandalism March 30, 1:04 p.m. The side view mirror of an RC student's Toyota Prius, valued at $50, was damaged in the 700 block of the University Forest Apartments. March 31, 8:06 a.m.
The University of Richmond raised nearly $25,280 April 1 in its fifth annual Relay for Life, a relay walk to support cancer research. The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is a global event that began in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Wash., walked around a track for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society, according to Relay's website, relayforlife.org. According to the website, "Relay has grown from a single man's passion to fight cancer into the world's largest movement to end the disease." Each year, more than 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities in the U.S., along with communities in 20 other countries, raise funds and awareness to save lives from cancer, according to the website. This was the first year that Richmond held the event for 12 hours overnight, said sophomore Jenna McAuliffe, who is on the Relay public relations committee.
The University of Richmond Police Department will increase campus security during the Flo Rida concert on Friday night, which is expected to attract a larger crowd than past Pig Roast events, Campus Police Chief David McCoy said. Unlike Pig Roast events in past years, the Flo Rida concert is open to the public.
Richmond is moving to Google Apps Education Edition over several phases from May 9, 2011, through June 1, 2011. Greg Miller, manager of network services, said that he, Troy Boroughs, assistant vice president of systems and networks, and Kathy Monday, vice president for information services, made the decision in the middle of March to migrate to Google Apps after preparing the transition for months. "All three of us didn't decide on our own," Miller said.
The arrival of spring and freshly blooming flowers spurs the reappearance of the green bikes, which have been in storage for the winter. In 2009, after suggestions from students, the Green Bike Program was introduced to campus with the arrival of 35 dark green, single-gear beach cruisers. Doug Goad, manager of equipment and facilities at the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness, said that those bikes did not last as long as had been hoped, and the school had switched companies and bought slightly different bikes. Fifty-one yellow bikes were purchased from Pibby's, a local bike shop, and were "holding up a lot better" than the original bikes, Goad said. When the Green Bike Program was still in the planning stages, one point of contention with purchasing single-gear bikes was how expensive they were compared with other bikes, but it was decided that these bikes would be best. "We researched campuses from all over and most have gone with the single-gear bike," Goad said.
Curtis Carlson, who helped develop HD television and helped improve the quality of satellite broadcast, will be the school's speaker at this year's graduation. Carlson won Emmy awards for his role in the development of HDTV.
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Hit and Run March 25, 6:23 p.m. The rear passenger bumper of an RC student's 2008 Honda Accord was hit by a person unaffiliated with the university in lot R16.