Science Belonging Committee

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.

It’s refreshing to see professors try to make this place better for students.

Feature Stories

UR Now: RESEARCH & INNOVATION

Professors recognized as fellows

Meet the faculty honored for stellar contributions within their fields and in the classroom.

Anush Margaryen and Jeff (Ping Yen) Tsai

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.

Seniors Nora Buell, left, and Aden Smigel, right, stand in front of MSK Kids signage at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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.

Students with faculty on research trip to Spain

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

Students publish with Quintero-Carmona and Criswell as part of biology lab

Omar Quintero-Carmona, associate professor of biology, and Stacey Criswell, director of microscopy and imaging, along with Joanna A. Mas, '26, Chase E. Cristella, '26, Vu Hao M. N. Phan, '26, Lillian S. Wendt, '26, Charlotte A. Rose, '26, Abigail Ali, '25, David F. Carpio, '24, Christine Cole, '24, Paige Embley, '25, Jack E. Hoskins-Harris, '26, Delia Johnson, '25, Noelle Ledoux, '26, Hannah W. Lwin, '25, and Sarah Salah, '24, published "Cells stably expressing shRNA against MYO10 display altered cell motility" in MicroPublication Biology.

Quintero-Carmona and students publish on research completed during A&S Summer Fellowships

Omar Quintero-Carmona, associate professor of biology, along with Lili Mitchell, '21, Kathryn Reda, '23, Hijab Fatima, '20, and Claudia Vasquez, '23, published "The C-Terminal Regions of TRAK Proteins Contain MIRO-Independent Mitochondrial Localization Domains" in Cytoskeleton.

Carpenter-Swanson named to Index of Inspiring Black Scientists

Colleen Carpenter-Swanson, assistant professor of biology, was named to the Wiley Index of Inspiring Black Scientists. The Index is a public database, created by scholars and Wiley, showcasing inspiring Black scientists from diverse backgrounds for education, collaboration, and networking.

Dias publishes on machine learning in optical filter research and development

Mariama Rebello de Sousa Dias, associate professor of physics, published “Physics-informed generative adversarial networks applied to dichroic filters’ properties regression” in Physica Scripta.

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