Ogden Published
Malcolm Ogden, visiting assistant professor of rhetoric and communication studies, published "Perfumed platforms, or the common scents of post-Fordism" in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies.
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AI’s Ethical Categories: Are They the Same as Ours?
AI Lecture
April 2 | 4:30-6 p.m.
Jepson 118
Dr. Juraj Hvorecky, a Prague-based analytic philosopher and ethicist, presents some of the findings of research funded by the European Union in his lecture, which aims to support our understanding of how AI categories intersect with ethical thought in humans.
Book Talk & Discussion
Staged News: The Federal Theatre Project’s Living Newspapers in New York
Thursday, October 12, 4-6 p.m. | Brown Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
In 1935, a group of journalists and theater artists embarked on an unusual collaboration. With funds from the Federal Theatre Project (FTP), a Depression-era employment initiative established by President Roosevelt’s New Deal, they set out to produce news for the theatrical stage. Over the next four years, the New York–based team created six productions, known as Living Newspapers.
In this talk, Jordana Cox, former UR postdoc, discussed her recent book, Staged News, which shows how Living Newspapers reimagined journalism and democratic participation in a changing news landscape. Then, turning to the present, she considered possibilities that emerge from resonances with contemporary live journalism and experimental performance. How do the conditions of performance reconfigure journalistic conventions like objectivity, eyewitness, and immediacy? What might theatrical techniques offer to people seeking more just and equitable ways to make and consume news?
4-5 p.m. Talk
5-6 p.m. Q&A
This event is sponsored by the Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies and the School of Arts & Sciences.
Student Success
With its innovative bridging between an emphasis on critical/ethical thinking and a focus on the practical role of communication in public life, the Department of Rhetoric Communication Studies empowers students to find fulfilling careers and professional and educational experiences across a wide diversity of subjects. Our RHCS students have gone on from UR to make exciting, creative, and vital contributions to civic culture.
Lily Stevenson Awarded Dr. Juliette Landphair Award
Dr. Juliette Landphair Award for Dedication to the Awareness, Education, and Prevention of Sexual Misconduct: Meghana Nalamolu & Lily Stevenson
This award is named in honor of Dr. Juliette Landphair, who served as Dean of Westhampton College and Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences for twelve years, from 2003-2015. Dr. Landphair worked diligently to ensure that the University of Richmond upheld the values of a learning community in which all members felt physically and intellectually secure. As part of these efforts, she successfully brought about awareness and education about sexual misconduct and dedicated herself to prevention programming and efforts. The Landphair Award can be given to two seniors who care deeply about the issue of sexual misconduct and work tirelessly to advocate for those who have been affected, excelling in the development of sexual misconduct awareness through programs and movements. Throughout their time here the recipients have taken a leadership role within one or more student organizations or peer programs whose goal was to work towards sexual misconduct awareness, education, and prevention.
Rhetoric student Lindsey Frank, '23, wins Female Athlete of the Year Award
Lacrosse & Field Hockey and Two Sport Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference Player Lindsey Frank, '23, was named the 2023 Female Athlete of the Year at the RVA Sports Awards.
Frank exemplifies all the positive aspects of sport and has made a positive impact on the Richmond community in 2022. Congrats, Lindsey!
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Faculty Highlights
Barney Published
Timothy Barney, professor of rhetoric and communication studies, published “’The Angel of Sarbandan’: Ford Foundation Philanthropy, Transnational Development Rhetoric, and the Scalar Geopolitics of 1950s Iran” in Rhetoric & Public Affairs.
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Barney Published
Timothy Barney, professor of rhetoric and communication studies, published the chapter “The Post-Cold War American Presidency and the Rhetorical Invention of Václav Havel” in Beyond the Cold War: Presidential Rhetoric in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Tilton Promoted & Named Robins Professor
Lauren Tilton was promoted to professor of digital humanities and was appointed the E. Claiborne Robins Professor of Liberal Arts. Tilton specializes in analyzing, developing, and applying digital and computational methods to the study of 20th and 21st century documentary expression and visual culture.
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Feature Stories
October 28, 2024
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Richmond marks decades of civic learning
As the Bonner Center commemorates its 20th anniversary, their Civic Fellows program has also reached a significant milestone, with more than 200 students engaging through internships worldwide.
October 22, 2024
Student Experience
Study abroad for all Spiders
EnCompass celebrates five years of creating opportunities for students to participate in international travel.
October 14, 2024
University News
Idea Exchange
Speakers at the Faculty & Staff Research Symposium discussed topics ranging from global health and conspiracy theories to Cuban music and Jack the Ripper.
October 2, 2024
University of Richmond Launches New Humanities Center
The University of Richmond recently launched the Humanities Center, a campus-wide initiative that will foster student and faculty research in the many areas of scholarship that make up the humanities.
RHCS Faculty in the Media
August 8, 2024
Decades on, Delbert Africa’s surrender still provides powerful image of US racism and Black victimhood
Nicole Maurantonio, associate provost of academic affairs and professor of rhetoric & communication studies, authored this piece.
August 8, 2024
Decades on, Delbert Africa’s surrender still provides powerful image of US racism and Black victimhood
Nicole Maurantonio, associate provost of academic affairs and professor of rhetoric & communication studies, authored this piece.
July 22, 2024
Va. law enforcement leaders ‘confident’ in public safety coverage plans for future campaign rallies
Rhetoric and communications professor Tim Barney is quoted in this piece, which was also published on Yahoo! News.
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Department Chair: Paul Achter
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