News Releases

University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University students have collaborated to publish essays, artwork and short films about digital culture in an online journal, Digital America. 

University of Richmond professor David Kitchen has published a textbook, “Global Climate Change: Turning Knowledge into Action,” about the risks of climate change.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has designated University of Richmond a StormReady Supporter. 

Lori Arviso Alvord, associate dean of student affairs and admissions at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and a member of the Navajo Indian tribe, will speak at the University of Richmond on “The Healing Properties of Navajo ceremonies,” Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m., in Weinstein Hall, Brown-Alley Room. 

Christy S. Coleman, president of The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar, will deliver the closing lecture for “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” a traveling exhibition on display at UR Downtown.

With hard-hitting contemporary television programs such as “Breaking Bad” and “The Wire” leading to new forms of media entertainment, The New Yorker magazine television critic Emily Nussbaum will explore the new Golden Age of Television Nov. 6, 7 p.m., at University of Richmond’s Jepson Alumni Center.

For their design of the University of Richmond’s E. Claiborne Robins Stadium, BCWH Architects has won a 2013 Award of Excellence in Architecture from the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects.

Are drones an appropriate and acceptable weapon of war, or do they subject innocent citizens to terrorism?

Mary Gentile, director of the business curriculum “Giving Voice to Values” and senior research scholar at Babson College, will give the keynote presentation at The 2013–14 Hays and Margaret Crimmel Colloquium on Liberal Education Nov. 4, 4:30 p.m., in the University of Richmond’s Queally Hall, Ukrop Auditorium.