University of Richmond Magazine

Disappearing freaks of nature and the secrets going with them

Katie Losey, ’02, writes about the unusual strategies of unusual creatures that could help us improve our lives. The catch? They are teaching us their survival skills as they disappear.

A grid of photos depicting the Weinstein International Center courtyard with students, Tyler Haynes Commons at night with illuminated banners reflecting in the lake, two women and small children at an alumni event, Linda Hobgood teaching a class, and the lake and gazebo.

July 3, 2023

Strategic Plan

Our next move

The university’s new strategic plan heightens UR’s distinctive strengths and embraces UR’s most promising opportunities.

A collage of seven students, comprised of black and white photos of the students, surrounded by elements from each of their symposium projects.

July 5, 2023

Curriculum Vitae

7 Spiders step into their futures

More than 300 remarkable students presented at this year's symposiums. We asked seven of the seniors — now alumni — to look back on their Richmond experience.

July 5, 2023

Paths

This Spider's story

Just before graduation, Luiza Cocito, ’23, stopped by to tell her Richmond story. It’s a good one.

An illustration of alumnus Watson Mills, done in a realistic comic style. He is standing in front of a world map, and is saying

July 5, 2023

Postscript

The best-traveled Spider ever?

Meet Watson Mills, R'61, likely the world’s best-traveled Spider. He has traveled to 174 of the UN’s 193 member countries.

July 4, 2023

Travel

On the road (with mom)

Lauren Portee, ’17, is traveling acros the mid-Atlantic for a new PBS travel show — and her co-host is her mom. They're having a blast together.

July 5, 2023

Lacrosse

One weekend, two champions

Richmond’s lacrosse teams are riding high after both earned NCAA bids this season. The Spider women's team capped its season with the program’s first NCAA tournament win.

The Warchol family at home with Ukrainian friends Iryna and Olena Litvinova

July 1, 2023

Portrait

A kindness repaid

Life came full circle for returned Peace Corps volunteer Michael Warchol when he welcomed members of his Ukrainian host family into his home.

An illustration of a student sitting cross-legged in a meditative position, holding a muffin in one hand and a coffee in the other. Behind her, there are library shelves with a forest growing from them.

July 3, 2023

Belonging

A love letter to the stacks

“‘I find peace in Boatwright Memorial Library’ is a sentence I never thought I would utter aloud,” writes Sophia Demerath, ’26.

Rainbow appears above Boatwright Library

July 2, 2023

Philanthropy

Big gift for learning

In March, the university announced a $25 million gift that will create the Carole and Marcus Weinstein Learning Center in Boatwright Memorial Library.

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