University of Richmond Announces New Richmond School of Law Dean
Jacob Rooksby, who currently serves as dean of Gonzaga University School of Law, will become the new dean of the University of Richmond School of Law, effective July 1.
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March 19, 2026
The Undergraduate Research Committee (URC) invites nominations for the 2026 Outstanding Mentor/Supervisor Award. This award is given to A&S faculty members with an exemplary record in mentoring and/or supervising students working on research and creative projects outside of the classroom. To be eligible, mentors and supervisors must have at least one student presenting at this year's A&S Student Symposium.
Faculty, chairs/program coordinators, and students can nominate. Please write no more than one page explaining why the nominee is deserving of the award.
Please send nominations to Jon Dattelbaum, A&S associate dean, at jdattelb@richmond.edu with "2026 Outstanding Mentor/Supervisor Nomination" in the subject line. Nominations are due no later than noon on Friday, March 27.
March 11, 2026
The Cultural Affairs Committee seeks to fund cultural events that have the potential to generate broad-based interest within the University community. Applications must have the support of one or more University departments/programs to be considered. All members of the University community, including student organizations, may submit applications for funding. All successful grant applicants must submit a final report to the committee detailing how grant funds were used by the end of the academic year in which the event takes place. View the full guidelines.
The application deadline is March 25, 2026, for events taking place in the 2026–27 academic year. All application materials, including letters of support, must be submitted here.
For more information, please contact Jon Park (chair) at jpark@richmond.edu.
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March 20, 2026
Solis Winters, assistant professor of health studies, published "How do repeated financial incentives affect HIV care-seeking behaviours over time? Evidence from a cluster-randomised controlled trial" in BMJ Global Health.
March 20, 2026Kitty Hartvigsen, Trawick Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology, Kelly Lambert, professor of behavioral neuroscience and MacEldin Trawick Professor in Psychology, and Olivia Harding, psychology manager of labs, along with Megan Hooper, '23, Evelyn Barringer, '24, Isabel DiLandro, '25, Aditya Narayanan, '25, Brendan Crockett, '23, Yulia Shatalov, '25, Isabella Tome, '25, Paean Luby, '25, and Braden Wixted, '25, published "A rodent model of enhanced anticipation of positive events: sex-specific modifications in cognitive bias and emotional resilience" in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.
March 20, 2026Kelly Lambert, professor of behavioral neuroscience and MacEldin Trawick Professor in Psychology, Jonathan Richardson, associate professor of biology, Kitty Hartvigsen, Trawick Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology, Olivia Harding, psychology manager of labs, and Jacy Jacob, adjunct lecturer of psychology and former Trawick Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology, along with Ava Wagner, '24, Isabel DiLandro, '25, Andres Mauco, '26, Paean Luby, '25, and Aditya Narayanan, '25, published “Comparative neurobiology of vigilance and stress adaptation systems in wild and laboratory rodents (Rattus norvegicus)” in Frontiers in Ethology.
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March 13, 2026
Lauren Henley, assistant professor of leadership studies, published Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with LSU Press.
March 13, 2026Brittany Nelson, associate professor of photography and extended media, is currently exhibiting List Projects 34: Brittany Nelson at The List Visual Arts Center, MIT’s contemporary art museum. The show highlights photographs and a moving-image work filmed at the Green Bank Observatory. Nelson’s work considers how scientific inquiry and emotional projection converge, transforming instruments of cosmic detection into metaphors for intimacy, distance, and longing.
March 12, 2026Kristin M.S. Bezio, professor of leadership studies and Jepson School associate dean of academic affairs, published Shakespeare and Identity in a Divided World with Routledge.
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March 9, 2026
Elizabeth Baughan was promoted to professor of classical studies. Her research focuses on funerary monuments, burial customs, and cultural identity in the ancient Mediterranean as well as African American cemeteries in the Richmond area.
March 9, 2026Elena Calvillo was promoted to professor of art & art history. Her research and writing focus on artistic service and imitative strategies in sixteenth-century papal Rome. She is broadly interested in theories of representation and cultural translation and brokerage in Italy, Spain and Portugal in the sixteenth century.
March 9, 2026Jessie Fillerup was promoted to professor of music. Her research interests are driven by her curiosity about French musical cultures, illusory experiences, and the nature of musical temporality.
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