Cultural critic Giles Gunn will discuss the influence of culture on everything from foreign policy and economics to how we view others at University of Richmond, Oct. 23, 7 p.m., at Jepson Alumni Center.

Award-winning storyteller and sociologist Kimberly Dark will discuss the history and current condition of income and wealth distribution in America at the University of Richmond Oct. 29, 7 p.m. 

A former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See and a former chancellor and provost at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, are among the speakers for the 2013–14 Marshall Center Lecture Series.

Edward L. Ayers, award-winning author, professor of history and president of the University of Richmond, will deliver the opening lecture for “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” a traveling exhibition that will be on display at University of Richmond Downtown Oct. 9-Nov. 13.

Mark Hourigan, president of Hourigan Construction, will participate in a C-Suite Conversation Oct. 9, 8 a.m., at the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business.

Virginia gubernatorial candidates Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe will hold separate conversations with University of Richmond President Ed Ayers at The Modlin Center’s Alice Jepson Theatre Oct. 10.

Joe Hoyle, associate professor of accounting at the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business, has received the 2013 Innovation in Accounting Award from the American Accounting Association (AAA).

Timothy Barney, assistant professor of rhetoric and communication studies at the University of Richmond, will receive the Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from the National Communication Association.

U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges 2014" guide has ranked University of Richmond's Robins School of Business No. 20 on its list of best undergraduate international business programs.

 David E. Hall, president of Hallmark North America and corporate officer at Hallmark Cards Inc., will open the 2013–14 Robins Executive Speaker Series Sept. 26.