University of Richmond Magazine

Five days in ‘the Hermit Kingdom’

Watson Mills, R’61, has traveled to more than 175 countries. His journey to North Korea was unlike any other.

A photo of Jack Bricklemeyer and Dr. John Obeck in Obeck's dental office in Tampa, FL. Both are wearing blue scrubs and smiling at the camera.

Careers

Five reasons an alum-supervised internship is the ideal summer

Spiders help Spiders when alumni host current students as interns. Here's how it pays dividends for everyone involved.

A photo of professor Joe Hoyle. He is smiling at the camera and standing in his office, which is plastered with posters, postcards, art, and other mementos.

Curriculum Vitae

The professor who merges Socrates and spreadsheets

Accounting professor Joe Hoyle has spent decades refining a teaching style that’s both demanding and deeply supportive.

Three photos; A UR basketball player shooting a ball, a student athlete graduating, and a student athlete lifting weights.

Athletics

Beyond the scoreboard

Spider student-athletes have an entire team behind them taking a holistic approach to nurturing their potential.

Spiders Near and Far

Criminal Justice

Outreach from the bench

Judge Dontaé Bugg, L’06, brings lived experience, community connection, and compassion to the bench — and he’s inspiring future leaders, too.

Spider Questionnaire

‘Go down the dirt roads in life’

Katie Losey, ’02, talks about life after graduation, her advice for current students, and why the roads much less traveled are for her.

Maggie Morganfield Parker, ’05, in a playroom for children

Expert

How to help children heal and grow through playtime

Professor and certified play therapist Maggie Morganfield Parker, ’05, offers tips for designing and participating in good play with children.

A collage featuring a house, trees, road, and people on bicycles.

Lives Of Purpose

Tailwind of Love

As Eli Beech-Brown cycled hundreds of miles in memory of his late father, his best friend and 2024 classmate Miles Goldman documented the journey.

“You’re helping the students not just learn the content, but learn how to be better citizens, better classmates.”

—Mary Catherine Nebel, ’10, C’15, and GC’17

Eye

Campus News

“Thanks to our Spider community, our university’s best days are ahead.”

—Kevin F. Hallock, president

Morrie and Betty Markoff, in a still image from the film

Cinema

Aging and renewal

A 79-year marriage is the subject of a very moving documentary by film studies professor Sonja Bertucci. The film will be screened on campus Sept. 16.

Musicians Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, and Steve Postel in a recording studio

Lifelong Learning

Revisiting the unheralded hitmakers of the 1970s

Bill Pike, G’83, recalls the teamwork it took to pull off an Osher Institute class focused on session musicians behind some of the 1970’s biggest hits.

Outcomes

Grad school boost

Sports

Women’s Golf

Inaugural champions

The A-10’s first-ever trophy for women’s golf went to the Spiders.

A photo of baseball coach Mik Aoki with the Spiders baseball team.

Portrait

Forward momentum

Spider baseball coach Mik Aoki measures his program’s success by more than just what happens on the field.

Spider nostalgia

Back Then

When the Spiders went marching in

Facilities staff discovered a colorful relic from UR’s bygone marching band era.

An illustration of a large banana split on a basketball court

Back Then

Bananas for Spider spirit

In the 1970s, Spiders tried to break world records for largest indoor banana split and largest submarine sandwich. Inside the Robins Center. Really.

Back Then

Soccer '96

The women who signed on to launch Spider women's soccer's inaugural season took a risk and set a standard for the new program.

Mikhail Gorbachev during his 1993 visit to the University of Richmond and the spring 1993 cover of University of Richmond Magazine

Back Then

Mr. Gorbachev, put down that ball

When Gorbachev visited UR in 1993, he made history — and mischief — by autographing an unexpected item before taking the stage.

Spider expertise

Expert

How to fail spectacularly

“Go cheap or go home.” Jason Vuic, G'97, says that was the formula of the mid-1970s Tampa Bay Bucs, one of the NFL’s most disastrous teams ever.

Expert

How to design the best room in your home

Gwynne McCue, ’97, is a Manhattan-based interior designer and “a practical magician.” She shares her tips for creating your perfect interior.

News, Expert

How to agree to disagree

Curtis Blair, R’92, has learned a lot about dealing with difficult situations and people at his workplace — NBA basketball courts.

Roben Farzad interviews U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg

Expert

How to host a great interview

Roben Farzad, journalist-in-residence in the Robins School, interviews thinkers and newsmakers as host of NPR’s Full Disclosure. Here are his tips for doing it well.

More to Explore

Q&A

We often feature UR students who leave the U.S. to study abroad. Lucas Dominguez Molina, ’25, went the other way — leaving home in Madrid to study for a year in UR’s Robins School of Business.