Ask Dan Petty, ’09, what his favorite thing to cover is and it doesn’t take him long to answer.

Robins School Faculty Accomplishments for the months of March and April 2010, as collected via Digital Measures

Helping Hands, a joint effort between the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Career Development Center, allowed Richmond students to connect with alumni and local community members who work in their career paths of interest.

Nicole Buell, ’07, graduated from Richmond having majored in biology and sociology, and managed a schedule packed with Honor Council Chair responsibilities and independent research projects for Dr. Malcolm Hill and the biology department.

It’s expected that law school students will spend a lot of time studying Supreme Court decisions. It’s not as usual to watch the U.S. Supreme Court in action –– or to be taught by a Virginia Supreme Court justice. Unless you're a Marshall Scholar, that is.

The warm weather has brought with it some new visitors to UR. Students, faculty and staff may have noticed a migrating flock of sheep, slowly winding their way through campus.

The Roman poet Ovid has fascinated Carole Newlands since she was first introduced to his work as an undergraduate.

It’s been a banner year for Richmond’s Division I sports, so good that the Richmond Times-Dispatch recently reported, “This school year probably is the finest in UR athletics history, in terms of national respect.”

Kaila Arnold, ’10, has been cheering her whole life, but next year she’s going to focus on just the smiling part.

Last summer, while interning with the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships, Shauna Myers, ’10, of Kingston, Jamaica, worked with the education provisions in the economic stimulus bill. After graduation she will continue her interest in educational reform with Teach for America.