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Cynthia Cooper, internationally recognized speaker, best-selling author and CEO of TheCooperGroup LLC, will discuss ethical leadership, Nov. 5, 6 p.m., at the University of Richmond’s Queally Hall, Ukrop Auditorium.
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.
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranks University of Richmond No. 26 on its 2013–14 list of 100 best value private liberal arts colleges. Kiplinger’s annual lists rank 100 private universities and 100 private liberal arts colleges.
Kevin Bales, co-founder of Free the Slaves, a nonprofit organization dedicated to abolishing slavery worldwide, will visit the University of Richmond to present “Unlocking the Science of Slavery” on Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in Weinstein Hall, Brown-Alley Room. The event is free and open to the public.
Three University of Richmond professors have received a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $250,000 to find ways to help women enter the growing, profitable science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
The third quarter 2013 CEO Economic Outlook survey by the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business and the Virginia Council of CEOs finds executives might change how they operate their businesses to implement the new Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded the University of Richmond $750,000 to assist a Peruvian university in the Amazon to better prepare students and faculty to improve biodiversity conservation and sustainability in the Amazon rainforest.
“Lincoln in Richmond: 1865 and 2011” will be the topic of a panel discussion Oct. 24, 12 p.m., at University of Richmond Downtown, 626 E. Broad St.