Photography by Brian Palmer
Photography by Brian Palmer
Season of Change?
Building well-being
A new facility keeps UR at the forefront of colleges exploring modern approaches to student well-being.
Photograph by Stephen Voss
Minding the Gaps
A child’s preventable death in 2007 continues to motivate Debony Hughes, W’84, who leads Maryland’s efforts to close health disparities and improve dental health.
Illustration by Katie McBride
The science behind an ingenious process
A chemistry prof (and mom) explains how moms provide oxygen for their kids even before they’re born.
Photograph by Jordan Matter, R'91
Gratitude
Jordan Matter, R’91, continues to amaze with his images of dancers. This one thanks health care workers.
In-person again
Richmond started an on-campus fall semester with a lot of planning, determination, and hope. So far, so good.
A better future
After the nationwide protests broke out in response to the death of George Floyd, President Crutcher shared personal reflections on the toll of racism.
Photo illustration by Katie McBride
Election watcher
A political science professor’s view of a presidential election in chaotic times.
9 takeaways about a new campus gem
What you need to know about the new Queally Athletics Center and renovated Millhiser Gymnasium.
Change of plans
The onset of COVID-19 shifted the curriculum for students studying health care and public policy during the spring semester.
He went the extra step
Drew Train, ’03, created new professional opportunities for Richmond students after the pandemic interrupted their existing plans.
Photograph by Shawn J. Soper/Maryland Coast Dispatch
A seamless transition
Circumstances have changed since the Hon. Mary Margaret Kent, W’77 and L’80, began hearing cases in 1996.
Illustration by Gordon Schmidt
Editor's note: These days
The pandemic and protests against racial injustice continued to play out as this issue of the magazine developed.
Spiders rally
More than 4,200 alumni, parents, and others around the world made gifts during UR Here to support students' needs.
Illustration by Mike Domina
How to manage the pandemic office
Offices are not going away, but they will be different once the pandemic eases, says Steve King, B’78.
Spiders in the news
A round-up of recent media hits featuring Richmond faculty and staff.
A wanderer, but not lost
Gabrielle Misiewicz, ’11, is proof that life is better when you strive to do new and challenging things.
Photograph by Scott K. Brown/Richmond Athletics
A return to form
Athletics has rebranded its fundraising efforts with a familiar name: the Spider Athletic Fund.
Illustration by Mike Domina
Power player
Mason Zadan, ’20, has been researching stretchable thermoelectric generators that offer new possibilities for powering wearable electronics.
Photography by Jamie Betts
Mask up
Spiders’ personalities are showing in the masks they choose.
Photography by Jamie Betts
My class meets where?
Students found themselves learning in some atypical spaces when the fall semester started.
Protect each other
CDC communication services director Brad Myers, R’86, says to trust science and promises that things will get back to normal.
Alums helping alums
When the pandemic shut everything down this spring, Spiders stepped up for one another.
150 and counting
The law school celebrates a banner milestone this year.
Photo illustration by Katie McBride
Surprise talent
Jim Walker, R’76, a late-blooming runner who turned into an Olympian, talks about competing in the 1988 Seoul Games.
Bookshelf
A frequently updated round-up of recent books by alumni, faculty, staff, and other Spiders. To submit yours, email us at magazine@richmond.edu.
Photo illustration by Katie McBride
Are your spider ears burning?
University stories and experts made more than 25.7 billion media impressions. Here’s a look at a few.
A Spider abroad

Ned Khatrichettri, ’05, describes the lasting lessons of a semester in Japan.

Community servant
As a new CEO, Orly Lewis, C’99, is bringing much-needed calm to a Richmond community center in the midst of the unprecedented storms of COVID-19.
Photograph courtesy Richmond Athletics
The real win
Richmond student-athletes continue to set new bars for academic success. One reason why is Courtney Hughes, ’06, is a longtime member of the academic support staff.
Expanding scholarship
Chaz Antoine Barracks, ’11, is centering Black joy as he extends the academic world far beyond the classroom.
Her seat is rinkside
As an NHL beatwriter, Alison Sestina Lukan, ’96, has gotten adept at changing plans on the fly.
Inbox
Readers offer their voices, views, and anecdotes — including one very sweet story about former math professor Marion Stokes.
In crisis? Innovate.

Marketing professor Bill Bergman launched a four-week minicourse to look at who’s doing well during the pandemic and why.