http://blog.richmond.edu/as Blogging for the liberal arts Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:28:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en History professor Woody Holton reads from his newest book, Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution. The book was a finalist for the National Book Award and was also recently named a finalist for the $50,000 George Washington Book Prize. Holton introduces the book’s characters: Woody Holton reading Unruly Americans ... http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2008/03/25/national-book-award-finalist-woody-holton-reads-excerpts-from-his-book/ By Joe EssidIn the 1990s, when the Internet first appeared on our desktops, many academic "early adopters" gushed a bit about shifting paradigms, "the End of the Book," and the coming of a generation of students who would force change upon us.Even as one of the (then) rare humanists who ... http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/12/11/the-end-of-%e2%80%9cthe-paper%e2%80%9d/ Had the privilege of sharing lunch with a group of eight students who had come together to chat with Tom Murphy, a history alum who's now working with Calyon Investments in New York. By a lucky twist of fate, Dr. Della Fenster in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science ... http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/09/25/history-alum-tom-murphy-chats-about-landing-on-wall-street/ Just got word from Dr. Carol Parish that one of her students, Kendra Cunningham, was selected as an American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholar. The program supports underrepresented groups interested in careers in chemistry and biochemistry and is a remarkable honor. Kendra is a first year student in the ... http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/09/25/first-year-student-kendra-cunningham-selected-to-be-acs-scholar/ Just got a message from Malcolm Hill, one of our biology professors. Nicole Buell graduated in 2007 and has landed a really cool internship with the National Council for Science and the Environment. She's planning the National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment - Climate Change: Science ... http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/09/20/biology-student-working-for-the-national-council-for-science-and-the-environment/