Along Came the Spiders, a new children’s book written by Tina Hallock, the first lady of the University of Richmond, is the tale of how the University of Richmond became the only Spider mascot in collegiate sports.
Barkin will address University of Richmond graduates during the main Commencement ceremony in May.
The University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business ranked in the top 20 of the annual Best Undergraduate Business Schools rankings by Poets&Quants for Undergrads, the leading online publication for undergraduate business education news.
UR's Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship initiative has received a $50,000 grant from the Joan and Morgan Massey Foundation to support the Richmond Innovation Fellows program.
Richmond Law Dean Wendy Perdue will step down as dean at the end of the 2025–26 academic year. She will remain on the UR faculty as a professor of law following a sabbatical.