The program, which launched in January, is part of a larger Audible partnership with The Great Courses, a series of high-quality, in-depth audio lectures covering topics like history, science, literature, and self-improvement, featuring expert professors.
Calling all global spiders! The Center for Global Engagement is hosting the annual Global Spiders Photo Contest. University of Richmond returned study abroad students, international students, exchange students, alumni, faculty, and staff are all invited to participate
Faculty and staff may enter three photos captured during recent business or leisure travel abroad. The deadline for submitting photos is March 13.
Winning photos will be displayed in the Carole Weinstein International Center and published on the Center for Global Engagement's website and social media accounts.
Parking lot U94 located near UFA block 486 will be closed with no parking permitted from March 6 through March 13. All vehicles must be moved prior to the closure.
There will be no Carytown stop on the Daily Connector shuttle on Friday, March 6. Alternative transportation can be found on the GRTC website.
From Thursday, March 5, through Sunday, March 15, Boatwright Library construction will require five ADA parking spaces along Richmond Way to be temporarily offline, with alternative ADA parking available nearby. At times, Richmond Way will be reduced to one lane with flaggers directing traffic, and a portion of the east sidewalk will be closed. The Lora Robins Gallery entrance will remain open. Please use caution and slow down while driving in this area. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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—The Princeton Review (2025)During its meeting on February 27, 2026, the University of Richmond Board of Trustees approved the promotion of Tom Shields to Professor of Education and Leadership Studies.
Kelly Lambert, professor of behavioral neuroscience and MacEldin Trawick Professor in Psychology, published the chapter "The Mother of all Brains" in What is Success? A Kaleidoscope of Possibilities from Women in the World Around the World.
David Wilkins, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies, co-authored the book The Navajo Nation Political Experience, fifth edition, published by Bloomsbury Academic.
Angie Hilliker, associate professor of biology, along with Audrey J. Panko, '15, Aidan Winters, '17, and Nicholas R. Rothbard, '15, published "A genetic interaction between DED1 and HAT1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals a role for Hat1p in cytoplasmic RNA granule accumulation" in G3: Genes, Genomes, and Genetics.
Kelly Lambert, professor of behavioral neuroscience and MacEldin Trawick Professor in Psychology, presented the TEDx talk “What teaching rats to drive taught me about joy.”
Michael C. Leopold and Carol Parish, professors and Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Chairs of Chemistry, along with Ben Edelman, ‘27, Charlie Sheppard, ‘26, Arielle Vinnikov, ‘27, and Lucas Chuidian, ‘27 published “Design of Nanomaterial-based Sensors for Enhanced Halogen Bonding” in ACS Omega.
Omar Quintero-Carmona, associate professor of biology, and Stacey Criswell, director of microscopy and imaging, along with Joanna A. Mas, '26, Chase E. Cristella, '26, Vu Hao M. N. Phan, '26, Lillian S. Wendt, '26, Charlotte A. Rose, '26, Abigail Ali, '25, David F. Carpio, '24, Christine Cole, '24, Paige Embley, '25, Jack E. Hoskins-Harris, '26, Delia Johnson, '25, Noelle Ledoux, '26, Hannah W. Lwin, '25, and Sarah Salah, '24, published "Cells stably expressing shRNA against MYO10 display altered cell motility" in MicroPublication Biology.
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Sandra Peart, dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, is interviewed in this podcast. Peart is a well-known expert on the history of economic thought.
Leadership studies professor and historian Lauren Henley authored this piece, originally published in The Conversation.
Leadership studies professor Julian Hayter is quoted.
Economics professor Saif Mehkari is quoted.
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