Magazine Features
Ratropolis
Rats have lived alongside us in cities for centuries. We don’t like them, and they’re not good for us — but we don’t know what to do about them. UR’s urban ecologist and his students are on the case.
September 19, 2021
Voices
Hallock on Hallock
As Spiders get to know Kevin F. Hallock, Richmond's new president, he responds to the famous Proust questionnaire.
September 16, 2021
Lives Of Purpose
Yes, I've done that. Really.
Spiders talk about experiences many of us have imagined but few of us will ever do ourselves.
September 15, 2021
Portfolio
Another sort of beauty
Take a peek under the cover at Richmond’s working spaces.
May 20, 2021
Society
Curbed appeal
A UR digital project has become the national go-to source for understanding the modern legacy of New Deal housing discrimination.
May 20, 2021
Environment
... and there was a great calm.
Battlefields around the world are finding new purpose as parks and refuges.
May 19, 2021
Lives Of Purpose
The stories within us
A DNA test reshaped everything one Spider thought he knew about his roots, his family, and his connection to UR.
May 18, 2021
Curriculum Vitae
The Crutcher years
President Crutcher leaves a legacy of academic excellence, reputation-building, and institutional self-examination.
May 18, 2021
Curriculum Vitae
Richmond's 11th president
An introduction to Richmond’s next president, Kevin F. Hallock.
February 4, 2021
Ask better questions
On her new PBS show, bestselling author Kelly Corrigan, W’89, models how great questions help connect us to one another.
February 4, 2021
Ancient DNA is revealing the genetic landscape of people who first settled East Asia
Research by biology professor Melinda Yang is uncovering how East Asia was first populated.
February 4, 2021
117 Days
A look back at the challenging — and ultimately successful — fall semester.
February 4, 2021
The power of a mentor
By age 3, Leslie Mark, ’16, knew she wanted to be a doctor. She writes about how a UR mentor helped her get there.