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A photograph of Russell Nance, L'97, standing on a row of bourbon barrels, in a rickhouse full of additional bourbon barrels stacked to the ceiling. He is smiling, and wearing dark rimmed glasses, a blue t-shirt and jeans.

November 6, 2023

Lives Of Purpose

Will the real Russell Nance please stand up?

Spiders appearing to live two very different lives both call themselves Russell Nance, L'97. What’s going on?

Old photo of 3 men looking at a bank of computer monitors.

November 5, 2023

Experiential Learning

A study in catastrophe

Sixty years later, two alumni reflect on their memories of the Kennedy assassination — as seen from Richmond’s CBS newsroom.

A photo of a woman wearing headphones studying with a book and a laptop in the law school

November 4, 2023

Curriculum Vitae

100 years of women at Richmond Law

A century after Jane Brown Ranson became Richmond’s first female law graduate, another alumna is at the heart of a milestone.

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 4, 2023

Innovation

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 portrait of professor Janelle Peifer in her office. She is a young black woman with long braids wearing a green and black dress, and she is sitting in a chair, smiling at the camera.

March 6, 2023

Curriculum Vitae

In Session

Psychology professor Janelle Peifer unpacks identity, trauma, and personal development in the classroom and in scholarship for the public.

An illustration of two men, shown from the back, almost in silhouette, looking at Mt. Denali, which is shown prominently in the distance. The men are flanked by a bear on one side and a bull moose on the other side.

March 5, 2023

Well-being

The Denali test

Two Spiders ventured into the Alaskan wilderness to challenge themselves, marvel at the majesty of the natural world, and continue a friendship forged at Richmond.