Alumnus and activist Adnan Hajizada's appeal is set for Feb. 6 after being delayed twice, once by the defense. Hajizada's first appeal, which was scheduled for Jan.
Correction appended. The sixth-annual UniverCity Day was attended by 126 students on Jan.
Drug/Narcotic Violation Dec. 10, 5:10 p.m. Two Richmond College students were arrested in Gray Court for a drug/narcotic violation.
Applications for freshman admission at the University of Richmond are up 9 percent from last year. Richmond has received 8,566 applications for freshman admission for the class of 2014, a record-breaker, said Nanci Tessier, vice president for enrollment management. Richmond has not yet decided the number of students to be admitted, Tessier wrote in an e-mail, but the targeted size of the freshman class has been set at 805. Tessier said looking at data from the past three years would help project the number of students who would accept Richmond's offer of admission. For the class of 2013, the university also targeted for a class size of 805 students.
A late night at Boatwright Memorial Library usually means snuggling on couches with lattes and laptops, but for the members of Givology Spiders it means planning how to raise funds to keep a child in Uganda in school. Givology Spiders, a new student organization, works directly with the Circle of Peace School in a suburb of Kampala and was founded by University of Richmond graduate student and library night manager, Joanita Senoga.
The Solidarity Action For Haiti Committee (SAFH) hosted a Solidarity Action for Haiti Day to raise awareness and funds for Haiti.
Hundreds of University of Richmond students spent an amazing semester studying and traveling abroad.
The University of Richmond celebrated Martin Luther King Day Jan. 18 with a processional from the Jepson Quad to a service in Cannon Memorial Chapel which featured keynote speaker Oliver W.
Poor campus cell phone service has been a problem for quite some time, but a solution could be in reach by fall 2010, a University of Richmond administrator acknowledged. The university has been working on the cell-phone coverage problem for a while and has been in conversations with the major service providers, said Doug West, director of telecommunications support services. "Our goal is to do something that will provide all of the carriers with an opportunity to improve their service here on campus," he said. The underlying foundation of poor phone service lies in the location of the university, West said.
"Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education." I read that quote while doing some research on Martin Luther King Jr., and immediately asked myself whether the University of Richmond was meeting the goal of true education.
Former Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine returned to his career as an educator, teaching law and leadership at the University of Richmond Jan.
University of Richmond faculty and staff in various disciplines are increasingly using the videoconferencing software Skype in the classroom to connect with colleagues and research partners abroad. The university's reputation as a global institution has been improving during recent years.
Colson Whitehead was born in 1969 and grew up in Manhattan. He attended Harvard College, then spent two years working as a pop culture critic for the Village Voice.
Vandalism Nov. 17, 2 p.m. A wooden storage bench that holds table umbrellas on the patio of Boatwright Memorial Library was damaged.
Last week, a tragedy occurred in the Caribbean. The devastating earthquake that hit the island of Haiti has killed hundreds of thousands, and the death toll is increasing each day.
Incoming Gov. Robert F. McDonnell addressed a packed congregation of Virginians on Saturday at his inauguration, haling the crowd to take responsibility for the future of their state. "Working together ? Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike ? Virginia will continue to blaze the trail of opportunity and prosperity," McDonnell said. Virginia residents arrived at the Virginia Capitol in Richmond from around the state to see their new governor officially enter office. Carolyn Lantz of Mechanicsville said of the new governor, "I'm excited about him and I will pray for him." McDonnell's inaugural speech recalled outgoing Gov.
The University of Richmond celebrated Martin Luther King Day Jan. 18 with a processional from the Jepson Quad to a service in Cannon Memorial Chapel which featured keynote speaker Oliver W.
The Solidarity Action for Haiti Committee will sponsor an Open Mic Session for students, staff and faculty who have family and friends in Haiti or close ties to the country. The Open Mic will take place in the Alice Haynes Room from 11 a.m.
Students who enroll in classes within the new film studies major now have access to more than 300 screenplays donated to the University of Richmond. The new major, which starts next fall, will be composed of nine courses offered in a variety of departments, including English, modern literature and cultures and maybe business, said Paul Porterfield, the head of the Media Resource Center and adjunct instructor of film studies. The founder and head of the Virginia Screenwriters Forum, Helene Wagner, approached the school after the Virginia Screenwriters Forum's librarian, Bill Sydnor, stepped down. "He had a room with boxes and boxes of scripts and it seemed natural to suggest them to U of R," Wagner said in a phone interview. The university gladly received the donation, which came free of charge. "We would have had to spend thousands and thousands of dollars at a time when it's really tight at the university to even begin to put together a collection like this," Special Collections Librarian Jim Gwin said. "Not many college campuses have that kind of resource available," Abigail Cheever, an associate professor of English, said.
President Edward Ayers denied that he was a candidate for the president of the University of Virginia, which is expected to name its new president this afternoon, according to university officials. Ayers, whose name had surfaced as a possible successor to Virginia President John T.
