The soulful sounds of the Adrian Duke Project drifted across Millhiser Green as 330 staff and faculty gathered on May 22 for SummUR Sounds, one of the University of Richmond’s annual employee appreciation events. The event offered a chance to step away from daily routines and enjoy an afternoon of live music, great food, and opportunities to connect with colleagues.
The WOW submission form is now open! Faculty and staff can submit programs for WOW consideration using form. The form will remain open until 11:55 p.m. on Friday, June 27.
Please contact Taylor Hoogsteden with questions.
The Provost's Office invites applications for funded participation in the NCFDD's Faculty Success Program (FSP) for fall 2025. All full-time faculty at any stage in the career cycle are eligible and can participate in the program, however only a limited number of funded spots are available.
If interested in participating, please share the following information in a brief application: name, title, school, a brief description of what you hope to gain from the program (approximately 250 words), and a brief description of what you plan to bring back to the University upon completing the program — i.e. how might you engage with colleagues around this experience (approximately 250 words).
Applications expressing interest in fall participation are due by June 23, 2025, and should be submitted in a single document to Rose Nicholson. Please direct any questions to Nicole Maurantonio, associate provost of academic affairs.
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
Wednesday, July 23
8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Call 1-800-732-8353 or go to www.tiaa.org/schedule to schedule your 1-hour session.
This 2025–26 season of Modlin Arts Presents features artists from a wide variety of genres, art forms, and cultural backgrounds.
Series packages go on sale to the public at 1 p.m. on June 23 but are available through presale access to staff and faculty now.
Get your tickets today at https://bit.ly/2526-series-presale; use code 2526PRESALE.
Grant Rissler, assistant professor of organizational studies, presented a paper titled “Administrative Evil: A Public Administration Failure Examined through a Peacebuilding Lens” at a panel titled Peace and Public Administration: Theoretical Insights at the virtual 2025 annual meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network (PATNet).
George Hiller, adjunct professor of liberal arts, received the International Trade Educator of the Year award from NASBITE, an organization focused on global business education, trade credentialing, training and practice, at its annual conference.
Kristin Bezio co-published a chapter on the East India Company.
Kristin Bezio, professor of leadership studies and Jepson School associate dean of academic affairs, published the chapter "A Case Study in Empire: The East India Company" in the edited volume Case Studies in Political Leadership published by Edward Elgar Publishing.
Michelle Kahn, associate professor of history, has been awarded a $5,000 fellowship from the American Jewish Archives for 2025-26 to support research for her book tentatively titled Neo-Nazis in Germany and the United States: An Entangled History of Hate, 1945-2000.
Omar Quintero-Carmona, associate professor of biology, and John Warrick, associate professor of biology published "Transcriptomic Analysis of CAD Cell Differentiation" in MicroPublication Biology, along with students Lillie Wendt '26, Carlos Cevallos, '17, Anna Leigh White, '20, Brooke Fazio, '21 and GC '22, Jasmine Feng, '20, and Dora Posfai, '13.
Christopher von Rueden, professor of leadership studies, co-published the article "Why collective music-making is sometimes rare: A study of four indigenous societies" in Evolution and Human Behavior.
Crystal Hoyt, professor of leadership studies and psychology, co-published the article "Gender identity awareness as a shadow pillar of the gender hierarchy: How it can undermine women in leadership" in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.
History professor Michelle Lynn Kahn is interviewed.
An excerpt from Jenny Erpenbeck’s Junk, translated by German professor Kurt Beals, is featured.
Todd Lookingbill, professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, is quoted.
New research by marketing professors Sara Hanson and Jeffrey Carlson is featured.
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