Magazine Features
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.
September 25, 2020
Building well-being
A new facility keeps UR at the forefront of colleges exploring modern approaches to student well-being.
September 25, 2020
The science behind an ingenious process
A chemistry prof (and mom) explains how moms provide oxygen for their kids even before they’re born.
September 24, 2020
Season of Change?
Noah Walker, ’19, shared his thoughts online in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. “Every day I am reminded of my Blackness,” he wrote in a blog post, reprinted in this issue.
September 23, 2020
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.