Michael Kimmel, a leading researcher and writer about men and masculinity, will speak at the University of Richmond Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in Tyler Haynes Commons, Alice Haynes Room. The lecture is free and open to the public.

College guidebook publisher The Princeton Review, in conjunction with USA Today, has named University of Richmond to its list of the 50 best value private colleges for 2010.

University of Richmond will launch a new film studies major when spring semester classes begin in January, supported by the donation of 300 screenplays by leading American and foreign writers from the last three decades.

The Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council (VMSDC) has honored Richard Coughlan, senior associate dean at University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business, with its Chairman’s Challenge award for his work in creating a leadership training program for Virginia minority business executives.

The Southern Economic Association has named KimMarie McGoldrick, professor of economics in the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business, its 2009 recipient of the Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award.

John Calhoun, a University of Richmond philosophy graduate presently teaching and researching in Taiwan as a Fulbright scholar, is one of 35 recent American college graduates awarded a 2010 Marshall Scholarship for study in the United Kingdom.

“Sag Harbor,” the fourth novel by University of Richmond Tucker-Boatwright Writer-in-Residence Colson Whitehead, has been named to The New York Times Book Review’s list of 100 Notable Books of 2009.

Lisa Gentile, University of Richmond associate professor and chemistry department chair, has won the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education.

BusinessWeek magazine has ranked the Robins School of Business MBA program 17th in the country on its list of "The Best Part-Time MBA Programs."

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will return to the University of Richmond to resume his teaching career in law and leadership studies after his term in office ends in January.