CROSS CURRENTS is commissioned by the Department of Theater & Dance, University of Richmond, and sponsored by the Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature & the Arts.
Feature Stories
A lifelong artist, Hillary Hardiman has always been a creative person. At 18, she put her creative juices on the back burner — but found herself longing for a way to be creative again.
On November 14th, Paul Josephson, a history professor at Colby College, will give a talk entitled “Putin’s Nostalgia for the Soviet Union.” A specialist in the history of technology and environmental history, Josephson has written several books including Red Atom: Soviet Nuclear Policy from Stalin until Today (2000); An Environmental History of Russia (2013); The Conquest of the Arctic (2014), and, most recently, “Putin’s Projects: The Russian Empire, Resources and Technology in the 21stCentury” (forthcoming).
At the end of October, UR Art and Art History students traveled to New York City to explore museums and works from artists they had learned about in class. It was a unique opportunity to experience world-class art museums through both independent discovery and professor-led tours. The goal: become inspired by new exhibitions and meet professional artists.
University of Richmond freshman and Defensive Back for UR’s football team, Nile Harris, was recently featured on CBS6 for his skills on the football field and in the orchestra pit. Nile Harris is a redshirt freshman defensive back on the Spiders team and plays with the university orchestra.
Community connections inspire leadership and American studies double major and Bonner Scholar.