Boatwright Memorial Library, 8:15 Cafe
Ready to travel the world of Arts & Sciences? Join Dean Jennifer Cavenaugh and Associate Deans of the School of Arts & Sciences for an interactive journey through our 23 academic departments and 15 interdisciplinary programs.
Pick up your A&S Passport and set off on an expedition to discover the remarkable opportunities available to students — from the humanities and social sciences to the natural sciences, arts, and emerging interdisciplinary fields. Along the way, you’ll meet academic leaders, learn about innovative programs, research opportunities, study abroad experiences, internships, and more.
Collect stamps as you explore different destinations throughout the School of Arts and Sciences and see how students chart their own unique academic journeys at Richmond.
Whether your student is just beginning to explore possibilities or already has a clear path in mind, this fun and engaging session offers a chance to discover the many routes to intellectual adventure in Arts & Sciences.
All are welcome! Passport in hand! Curiosity required!
A theatre is just an empty space — until we fill it. In the light of our imaginations it becomes a place; in the rhythm of our expressions it becomes a moment. A time to witness, to engage with ideas, to feel alive, to experience culture in community.
Culture Unbound, the 2026–2027 Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Theatre, calls for an expansive understanding of culture as something not only inherited, but actively made, contested, and transformed through artistic practice, public dialogue, and collective imagination.
To be unbound is to orient toward horizons, to recognize culture as future-seeking, relational, and always evolving. Culture Unbound is a celebration of the many voices, histories, and practices that shape our lives. It is also a call to courage — to imagine boldly, to ask difficult questions, and to take part in building a more just world and a liberated future together through art.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 5:30 p.m.
Cousins Studio Theatre
Thursday, October 22, 6 p.m.
Cousin Studio Theatre
Music professor Andy McGraw is featured.
Health studies professor Kathryn Jacobsen authored this piece, originally published in The Conversation.
Biology professor Linda Boland authored this piece, originally published in The Conversation.
Biology professor Linda Boland authored this piece.
Do you envision college as a place where your professor’s office hours are spent in deep conversation about topics beyond this week’s assignment? Where you can work side-by-side with a faculty member on cutting-edge research that is published in a professional journal?
In A&S, our faculty are experts on the cutting edge of their fields. While they could work in some of the top research institutions in the world, our faculty chose Richmond because they believe in educating tomorrow's leaders and are passionate about mentoring and sharing their knowledge with students.
Jeffrey Hass, professor of sociology, published “Power and Praise: The Case of the Late Brezhnev Era” in Sociology Lens.
Della Dumbaugh, Robert Edwin Gaines Chair in Mathematics and professor in mathematics, published "Cooperation and Conflict: Oswald Veblen and Abraham Flexner" in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.
Olivier Delers, professor of French, and Linda Fairtile, head of Parsons Music Library, published “An Economist at the Opera: Adam Smith’s Passion for the Arts in 1766 Paris” in The Adam Smith Review. The chapter explores the famous classical economist Adam Smith during his time in Paris in 1766, focusing on his personal engagement, interest, and passion for the performing arts and opera.
Mariama Rebello de Sousa Dias, associate professor of physics, published “Experimental and Density Functional Theory Study of the Structural, Optical, and Electronic Properties of La2NiMnO6 and Nd2NiMnO6 Double Perovskite Ceramics” in ACS Applied Engineering Materials.
