🎃Don’t miss out on decorating your very own mini pumpkin in the Gottwald atrium this Thursday! 👻Excited to see everyone there!!
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The Science Belonging Committee (SBC) is committed to creating purposeful programs that provide science students with safe spaces to express themselves and the tools they need to thrive in college and beyond. The team is composed of faculty, staff, and student ambassadors, where the latter role provides students with the chance to play an active role in the planning and execution of events. We host a diverse range of programs designed to address the varied needs of our community. From listening sessions and research fairs to science-themed field game days, career workshops, and dessert socials, we aim to foster lasting connections and a sense of belonging within the sciences at UR.
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Campus Partners
The Science Belonging Committee is comprised of faculty and staff from all departments in the Gottwald Center for the Sciences.
Event collaborators include Career Services and the Student Center for Equity and Inclusion (SCEI). Contact us if you would like to work together! Learn about the events we host.
Student Ambassadors
Belonging Committee Student Ambassadors (left to right) Moriam Animashaun, ’25, biochemistry & molecular biology (BMB) major, and Mollie Fenn, ’26, biology major.
Faculty & Staff
Signature Events
Bingo Night
Gottwald Games
Ice Cream Social
Pride Month Celebration
Career Skills Workshops
Black History Trivia Night
Gottwald Scavenger Hunt
Spooktacular Science Research Fair
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We're keeping it very cute and demure as we kick off the first week of Hispanic Heritage Month by honoring the incredible contributions of Latinx scientists in STEM fields like biology, chemistry, physics, and more! From groundbreaking discoveries to space exploration, these scientists inspire us all to embrace diversity and foster belonging in the world of science. 🌍🔬✨
Stop by the atrium to read more about these brilliant scientists!...
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And we’re back! Hope everyone had an amazing FDOC, so exciting to see so many new and familiar faces back in the Gotty halls. Let’s kick off another great year 🤩🕷️
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It’s refreshing to see professors try to make this place better for students.
Feature Stories
September 2, 2024
RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Professors recognized as fellows
Meet the faculty honored for stellar contributions within their fields and in the classroom.
August 29, 2024
Two University of Richmond Students Receive Projects for Peace Grants for Work in Armenia and Taiwan
Anush Margaryan and Jeff (Ping Yen) Tsai have received Projects for Peace grants.
August 27, 2024
Child's play a focus of medical internships
Two Science Leadership Scholars learned the benefit of child’s play during their summer internships at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
August 23, 2024
University of Richmond Biology Professor Omar Quintero-Carmona Named 2024 American Society for Cell Biology Fellow
Quintero-Carmona is one of 17 scientists to be selected as a fellow this year, an honor bestowed upon ASCB members by their peers. He is one of a few fellows from a primarily undergraduate institution.
Faculty Accomplishments
Jones Published
Shannon Jones, director of biological instruction, Isaac Skromne, associate professor of biology, and Jon Dattelbaum, professor of chemistry, along with Quan Chau ’22, and Lesly Corado-Santiago ‘21, published "Physicochemical and Inflammatory Analysis of Unconjugated and Conjugated Bone-Binding Carbon Dots" in ACS Omega.
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Dias Published
Mariama Rebello de Sousa Dias, associate professor of physics, published "Photonics Roadmap for Ultra-High-Temperature Thermophotovoltaics" in Joule.
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Dias Awarded Tenure and Promotion
Mariama Rebello de Sousa Dias was awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor of physics. Dr. Rebello de Sousa Dias' research specializes in the fabrication of materials at the Nano scale level and her research has many practical applications that could help to develop ways to save and store solar power.
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Dias Published
Mariama Rebello de Sousa Dias, assistant professor of physics, and a former student co-author published "Refractory Metals and Oxides for High-Temperature Structural Color Filters" in Applied Materials & Interfaces.
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