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University of Richmond Faculty and Students Create Interactive Website Showcasing Housing and Education Research

New Live and Learn platform explores the relationship between housing segregation and education inequality.

University of Richmond Wins First Place for Recycling Efforts in National Campus Race to Zero Waste Competition

University of Richmond Named ‘Best Value College’ by Princeton Review; Ranked as a Top 10 School for Internships

Updates

Vote for the Heilman Dining Center

July 17, 2025

The Heilman Dining Center has been nominated in The Best contest, sponsored annually by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. D-Hall is nominated in the Dining, Drinks, and Nightlife category for The Best Hidden Gem in Richmond and is competing against four other locations in the Richmond metropolitan area.

Visit the online ballot, click on Dining, Drinks, and Nightlife, and then The Best Hidden Gem in Richmond. Show your love for D-Hall! Vote once a day every day through August 3.

Vote now!

Server room planned outage, July 18–20

July 15, 2025

Due to required electrical maintenance to the University's server room, all campus-hosted applications will be unavailable for 48 hours starting Friday, July 18, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, July 20, at 6 p.m. Affected applications include:

Banner
OneCard
Event Management System (EMS)
Cascade
Police, Football, and Basketball video servers
Some academic research computers (e.g., Spydur, Spiderweb, Vadur, URspdr, Urarana, and Dunamis)
Library servers
Law School servers
Facilities servers (including control of HVAC systems across campus)
And other applications

Campus access to the Internet as well as cloud-hosted applications (Workday, Box, Zoom, Slate, etc.) will experience brief (1 hour) outages around 7–8 p.m. on Friday, July 18, and again around 12–1 p.m. on Sunday, July 20.

New position and compensation change policy

July 11, 2025

HR is pleased to introduce a new policy designed to make staff position and compensation changes clearer, more consistent, and better aligned with the University's annual budget planning cycle. Requests for reorganizations, job description changes, or promotions must be requested as part of the annual budget process, with submissions due from VPs and academic deans in December. Approved changes will take effect on July 1. There will be flexibility for certain time-sensitive needs through a defined off-cycle procedure.

Learn more about the policy here.

UR ID card care

July 10, 2025

Reminder: Do not charge your cell phone with your UR ID in a phone wallet as it will damage the smartcard (tap) functionality of the card.

Should your ID card become damaged or stop working, please take it to the One Card Office between 8:30 a.m–5 p.m. Monday–Friday to be checked and replaced if necessary.

Card care tips

TIAA one-on-one retirement information appointments

July 10, 2025

Schedule a one-on-one retirement counseling appointment right here on campus. The University's TIAA representative, Richard Carroll, can help you create a plan for your goals.

Gottwald Science Center, Study Room E302
8 a.m.– 5 PM

Wednesday, July 23
Monday, Aug. 4
Tuesday, Aug. 5
Wednesday, Aug. 20

Call 1-800-732-8353 or go to www.tiaa.org/schedule to schedule a 1-hour session.

Upcoming events

Jul 22

Elevate: Onboarding
Aug 06

Tuition Remission & Tuition Exchange Information Session
Aug 12

University Staff Advisory Council (USAC) Meeting
Aug 14

Tuition Remission & Tuition Exchange Information Session
Aug 20

Colloquy
Aug 21

Elevate: Connecting through Conversation
Aug 25

First Day of Fall Classes
Sep 01

Labor Day

Campus Highlights

Kudos

July 15, 2025

Sejida Turanovic

Shout out to Sejida Turanovic for her excellent care of the 3rd floor of the International Center this summer. She has been deep cleaning offices, working around our 30+ summer research students, watering plants for faculty who are out of the office, and sharing some of her marvelous home-grown produce!
—Sandra Joireman, Political Science

July 2, 2025

Registrar Heroes

Huge thanks to Erica Jackson, Dwayne Smith, Bryan Moyer, Lindsey Monacell, and Val Caminiti for their invaluable support during a time of transition in grad programs staff. We were in our busiest recruitment and enrollment stage and needed help from A–Z. Despite dealing with their own tasks and full plates, they graciously helped every step of the way — both teaching me what to do and jumping in and doing it for me as I was traveling or otherwise unavailable. I took them to d-hall for lunch, and I mean d-hall is GREAT, but I feel like I owe them 1,000 lunches for all their help! I could not have gotten through the month of May without them! Thank you!
—Amy McCracken, Robins Graduate Programs
June 13, 2025

Dwayne Smith

When our campus lost power in multiple buildings during the final week of classes, Dwayne [Registrar’s Office] made well over 100 classroom changes, finding alternate functional spaces so that classes could resume as quickly as possible. He really put in a lot of time and effort to accomplish this within a tight time frame. We always value his dedication and experience, but his hard work and skills really took the spotlight during this emergency. THANK YOU, DWAYNE!!
—Submitted by Jean Creamer, Registrar's Office

April 14, 2025

Registrar’s Office Management Team

Shout out to the registrar’s office management team! They responded to my panicked text at 6:45 a.m. on Monday morning. I had a critical technical issue and was not going to be able to start the waitlist at 7 a.m., so they jumped in and started the waitlist for our students. I am beyond grateful to work in an office where we are genuinely a team — in the truest, most wonderful sense of the word.
—Submitted by Jean Creamer, Registrar's Office
April 6, 2025

Charnell Grace

Shout out to Charnell Grace at the UR SpiderShop for working closely with the Department of Mathematics & Statistics and the Department of Computer Science. She followed up with us at every step of the gift acquisition process for our seniors and ensured the timely delivery of three huge boxes to our office for distribution to our students. We thank Carnell for helping to make our graduates feel special, and we look forward to working with her again.
—Submitted by Kathy Rothert, Mathematics & Statistics

February 20, 2025

Earl Lewis

Congratulations to Earl Lewis for successfully completing the University of Richmond Data Analytics Class! Earl’s dedication and hard work in advancing his analytical skills demonstrate his commitment to professional growth and excellence. Data analytics is a crucial skill in today’s evolving workplace, and Earl’s achievement showcases his drive to leverage data-driven insights for better decision-making. His accomplishment will undoubtedly benefit our team and enhance our capabilities. Congratulations, Earl!
—Submitted by Mirinda McCants, User Services

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Accomplishments

Baughan presents on gravemarkers
July 17, 2025
Elizabeth Baughan, associate professor of classics and archaeology, presented “Concrete Gravemarkers as Regional Cultural Heritage” at the Association for Gravestone Studies Conference and Annual Meeting.

Baughan publishes on repurposed furniture
July 17, 2025
Elizabeth Baughan, associate professor of classics and archaeology, published "Contextualizing Reuse: Marble Furniture Tops in the J. Henry Brown Monuments Order Books" in AGS Quarterly: Bulletin of the Association for Gravestone Studies.

Downey and students publish on developing new method
July 16, 2025
Chiles Wade Downey, professor of chemistry and Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in Natural Sciences, along with students Katie Marchione, ‘25 and Karmen Smith, ‘25, published “One-pot enol silane formation-alkylation reactions of ketones promoted by trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate: Direct access to β,β-diarylated ketones and related compounds” in Tetrahedron Letters.
Dattelbaum and student publish in Journal of Genomics
July 16, 2025
Jonathan Dattelbaum, professor of chemistry, published "Isolation and Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of Alcaligenes and Chromobacterium Strains with Antimicrobial Activity Against ESKAPE Pathogen Relatives" in Journal of Genomics along with Hannah Lwin, ’25.

Spires releases special edited issue in The Urban Review
July 11, 2025
Bob Spires, associate professor of education, has edited and introduced a special issue of The Urban Review on the Continued Impact of Neoliberalism on Urban Education. The special issue is being published in two parts. Part one, including Spires’ introduction, is now available.

Martin presents on human-robot dance performances
July 9, 2025
Patrick Martin, assistant professor of computer science, presented “On the Design and Implementation of a Live Human-Robot Coding Platform for Contemporary Dance Performances” at the International Conference on Live Coding.
Small co-authors book on eating disorders
July 9, 2025
Charlynn Small, assistant director of health promotion, published Black Women with Eating Disorders: Clinical Treatment Considerations (W. W. Norton & Company).

Professor Chairs the CEMA 2025 Scientific Committee
July 8, 2025
Michel Robe, professor of finance, chaired the CEMA 2025 Scientific Committee held at the Rice School of Business. Robe developed the conference's academic program and presented research on risk premia in agriculture futures markets. Other faculty presentations included Deniz Besik, Art Durnev, and Nancy Tran.

Wilson re-appointed to board of Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
July 8, 2025
Jamelle S. Wilson, dean of the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, has been re-elected to the board of the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (VECF) as board secretary. She joined the VECF board in 2020.