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100%
of URISE students enroll in additional science courses after SMART or IQS
92%
of IQS students become STEM majors
100%
of SMART students complete course and conduct summer research
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Ancient pathways: Richmond students go to Greece
The “wow” moments kept coming when a dozen students went to Greece with faculty to study ancient history, archaeology, and language — and experience modern Greek culture.
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A look at UR’s Center for Global Engagement
UR’s home for study abroad, international students, and related initiatives has a new name: the Center for Global Engagement. We checked in with Dean Martha Merritt.
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Traduttore traditore
“The translator is a traitor,” goes the Italian saying. Five faculty who regularly work on translations describe a word or phrase that challenged their ability to convey meaning from one language to another.
Faculty Highlights
Torres, Jones, and students publish on how lungs react to smoke
Marcella Torres, teaching faculty of mathematics, and Shannon Jones, senior teaching faculty of biology, along with students Aamy Bakry, '24, and Emma Brashear, '27, published "Development of a mathematical model of the innate immune response to inhaled toxicants" in the Journal of Theoretical Biology.
Carpenter-Swanson and students publish on antiseizure effects in zebrafish
Colleen Carpenter-Swanson, assistant professor of Biology, along with students, Audrey Breckenridge, '25, Sanskriti Basnyat, '26, and Eva Fitch, '25, published “Validating the antiseizure effects of vitexin and related flavone glycosides in zebrafish” in Frontiers in Pharmacology.
Carpenter-Swanson recognized for community service
Colleen Carpenter-Swanson, assistant professor in biology, was named to the Serve Virginia Honor Roll in recognition of service in Virginia and the University of Richmond.
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SMART Course Coordinator: Dr. Carol Parish
URISE Program Coordinator: Dr. Shannon Jones