The Welcome/Welcome Back Spiders Reception was held in the International Center on Tuesday afternoon where students were introduced to a new era for international studies.
Dr. Elizabeth Baughan, Associate Professor of Classics and Archaeology, whose research focuses on burial furniture, banqueting ideologies, and cultural identities in ancient Anatolia, answered five questions for The Collegian regarding ISIS/ISIL, Palmyra, looting and the destruction of historic sites. Caroline McNamara: First off, what exactly happened? Elizabeth Baughan: In the past several weeks, the extremist group ‘ISIL’ (Islamic State of Iraq and Levant also known as ISIS or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) has escalated its attack on the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria and on the cultural heritage of humanity in general. Contact news assistant Caroline McNamara at caroline.mcnamara@richmond.edu
Richmond will get a rare chance to market itself to a global audience when it hosts the start of the UCI Road World Championship's Men's Elite Race.
University of Richmond's police report from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1
The Richmond College Student Government Association and the athletics department come together to help make tailgates more appealing to the student body.
Campus Quad is a new app designed to bring campus events and organizations to students' fingertips.
A UR police captain said that police did not know the identify of a male Richmond student accused of committing sexual assault against a female Richmond student.
After serving as Dean of Westhampton College for 12 years, Juliette Landphair moved in August to the University of Mary Washington to become its vice president for student affairs.
On Wednesday morning a reporter and videographer from WDBJ TV news were shot and killed during a live broadcast just three hours west of Richmond near Roanoke, Virginia.
URPD intended to send out one timely warning notice to inform students of a sexual assault but a segment of the email was left out.
Mark Moogalian, who is originally from Midlothian, wrestled away a gun from Ayoub El-Khazzani on a train from Amsterdam to Paris.
In The Know is a weekly brief that highlights events and happenings around University of Richmond
Tyler Kingkade, a senior editor with The Huffington Post, answers questions regarding UR's Title IX investigation, the Clery act and more
“You worked too hard to be here not to throw yourself into this place," President Ronald Crutcher told new students.
Edward Ayers, President Emeritus of the University of Richmond and a leading scholar on the history of the American South, leads off a new Collegian series.
On Friday the newest crop of orientation advisors arrived to campus to complete a five-day training program to prepare for welcoming the new class of students to Richmond.
Nick Anderson, a higher education reporter at The Washington Post, joins The Collegian to discuss several topics impacting colleges nationwide.
Sweet Briar College, a small women's only liberal arts college in Virginia, is staying open for the 2015-2016 school year after previously planning on shutting down.
David Mark Rhodes, an associate professor of art, was arrested at his home in Goochland, Va. July 28, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Ali Muhammad Brown pleaded not guilty to murder, terrorism and other charges for his alleged murder of Brendan Tevlin.
