The University of Richmond Faculty Senate wrote and unanimously passed a climate justice resolution calling UR to take action on the climate crisis.
In late February and early March, four University of Richmond students competed in a running challenge to raise money for the JED Foundation, which works with teens’ mental health and suicide prevention.
Motivational speaker and transgender activist Dexter Davis spoke at the Carole Weinstein International Center on March 31 to celebrate transgender day of visibility.
Muslim communities in Richmond and on the UR campus started observing Ramadan at sundown on March 22.
“It’s a mix of faculty, staff and students, which we’re so excited about, just seeing the community come out on a Saturday morning to participate in the physical dimension of wellbeing, and also the social piece,” Sadowski said.
The University of Richmond announced on March 23 that Joan Saab will be the new executive vice president for academic affairs and provost.
Derek Gilmore and Will Emerson debated for the presidency of the Richmond College Student Government Association March 20 at 7 p.m. in the Brown Alley Room of Weinstein Hall.
The University of Richmond’s Bonner Center for Civic Engagement offered a free on-campus tax clinic for faculty, staff and students who have a household income of $60,000 or less.
“Those are my people and my roots, and it was just such a great feeling to realize that I can actually do this,” Bingül said. “I can use the skills that I gained from here to apply and help my people back [home].”
“The idea of Rethink Waste came out of the campus sustainability plan where we have a goal for the campus to reach 75% waste diversion by 2025,” Donaldson said.
The Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond Emergency Medical Services conducted their third Stop the Bleed class on Feb. 27.
“This whole process leads me to a belief that, unless you have really strong student leaders, the administration or CSI or the dean's office is really going to step in and run things their way.”
“This app just had so many features to ping the police department and address safety concerns,” Beatty said. “It was just a no brainer.”
The HHMI Inclusive Excellence 3 grant “challenges U.S. colleges and universities to substantially and sustainably build their capacity for student belonging, especially for those who have been historically excluded from the sciences,” according to the HHMI website.
Various student organizations shared mixed to negative feedback about the changes to the Student Organization Budget and Appropriations Committee funding guidelines, citing the lack of clarity and timing, amongst other reasons.
The University of Richmond Police Department informed community members that a group will likely stage a Second Amendment protest on College Road Saturday, two days after an armed man stood outside the Robins Center.
The Burying Ground Memorialization Committee will be unveiling the finalized design for a memorial to the enslaved people buried on the University of Richmond campus at information sessions in February.
University of Richmond student governments changed the funding procedure for registered student organizations Jan. 18 by passing an updated plan from the Student Organization Budget and Appropriations Committee.
“You can't tell the history of science without telling the story of all the people who were in the history of science, including women,” Behrman said in her introduction.
“And eventually, he turned his back for a moment and I noticed that he had a knife or what looked like a knife in his right pocket,” Thompson said.
