Parking lots C61, C62, C66, C67, and C70 off College Road will close at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20, two hours before the start of the men's basketball game.
Faculty, staff, student, and visitor vehicles remaining in this lot will be cited.
Please do not ask RMC attendants for parking guidance, as they are not employed by the University and are unfamiliar with campus parking regulations.
SpiderBytes will not be reviewed/approved during winter break. SpiderBytes submitted after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 23, will be reviewed/approved on Monday, Jan. 5.
Do you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA)? If so, make sure you incur expenses by December 31, 2025. You’ll then have until March 31, 2026 to reconcile any purchases made with your FSA.
Maribel Street, director of emergency management, received the International Association of Emergency Managers Presidential Citation for her contributions to the emergency management field for 2024–25.
Agnieszka Szymańska, associate professor of art history, published "Slaying the Embodiment of Lust: A Painting of a Martyr-Monk Vanquishing a Female Demon" in the Journal of Early Christian Studies.
Derek Miller, associate director of community-engaged research, scholarship, and relationships in the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, presented “Developing a Community of Care: Interdisciplinary Enagagement with East End Cemetery” with musician Leyla McCalla at the 2025 Place Based Justice Network Annual Symposium in New Orleans.
Sylvia Gale, executive director of the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement; Nicole Maurantonio, associate provost of academic affairs and professor of rhetoric and communications; and Derek Miller, associate director of community-engaged research, scholarship, and relationships, presented “Supporting Early Career Community-Engaged Faculty and Their Evaluators” at the 2025 Engagement Scholarship Consortium in Roanoke, Virginia.
Christopher Shugrue, assistant professor of chemistry, along with Phoebe R. Rubio, ’26, Gavin A. Clausen, ’26, Zachary D. Ruighaver, ’26, Abigail F. Dalton, ’24, John Blobe, ’24, and Amanda L. Moore, ’26, published "Benzothiazole sulfones as a tool for peptide modification and cleavage" in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry.
John Craft, director of information security, presented “Staying Secure in Today’s Digital World” for the Commonwealth Women’s Club.
Patrick Martin, assistant professor of computer science, received the Claude C. Gravatt and Ann S. Gravatt Faculty Fellowship for "Live Coding Language for Real-Time Coordination of Human-Robot Teams." The fellowship, awarded by the University of Richmond, supports faculty research in STEM fields in the School of Arts & Sciences.
Margaret Tait, assistant professor of health studies, received the Anders Andren Faculty Fellowship for “Health and Hype: Exploring the Spread of Health-Related Misinformation Through Multi-Level Marketing Programs.” The fellowship, awarded by the University of Richmond, supports outstanding faculty members performing innovative teaching, scholarship, research, or creative work in the School of Arts & Sciences.
David Wilkins, professor of leadership studies, co-published the article "Indigenous invisibility: Gaps in education about Indigenous peoples among environmental decision-makers" in Earth Stewardship.
It takes a facilities and landscaping team of more than 30 to prep, deliver, and raise the three wreaths — each 14-feet wide and weighing 100 pounds — on Boatwright Tower every year.
Shital Thekdi, analytics and operations professor and an expert on risk management, is interviewed in this feature, which was syndicated in more than 60 outlets nationwide.
Madeline Nathe and Karen Hensley, nutritionists with UR’s Dining Services, are featured.
Research by Colleen Carpenter, biology professor, is featured.
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