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- Information Session & Campus Tour9:45 AM - 12:00 PMGeared toward prospective students and their families, the campus visit offers a general introduction to the University of Richmond, providing information on academics, student life, the application process, and financial aid. The visit typically includes a 45-minute information session conducted by an admission officer and a 90-minute walking tour led by a current student. Be sure to dress in comfortable clothing and shoes for the tour. Register online or by calling the Office of Admission at (804) 289-8640.M a y22
- Information Session & Campus Tour2:15 PM - 4:30 PMGeared toward prospective students and their families, the campus visit offers a general introduction to the University of Richmond, providing information on academics, student life, the application process, and financial aid. The visit typically includes a 45-minute information session conducted by an admission officer and a 90-minute walking tour led by a current student. Be sure to dress in comfortable clothing and shoes for the tour. Register online or by calling the Office of Admission at (804) 289-8640.M a y22
- Osher Institute Dinner Social5:00 PM - 7:30 PMWhile enjoying a free and delicious meal, listen to a stimulating talk on a selected topic, enjoy a lively discussion, and learn about the Osher Institute from Osher members. For both Osher members and those who are thinking about joining the Osher Institute. Seating is limited so early registration is recommended. Speaker: Dean King on his new book The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys (copies of his book will be available for sale and signing) Free and open to the public; registration required. An Osher Free and Osher After 5 event!M a y22
- Information Session & Campus Tour9:45 AM - 12:00 PMGeared toward prospective students and their families, the campus visit offers a general introduction to the University of Richmond, providing information on academics, student life, the application process, and financial aid. The visit typically includes a 45-minute information session conducted by an admission officer and a 90-minute walking tour led by a current student. Be sure to dress in comfortable clothing and shoes for the tour. Register online or by calling the Office of Admission at (804) 289-8640.M a y23
- Information Session & Campus Tour2:15 PM - 4:30 PMGeared toward prospective students and their families, the campus visit offers a general introduction to the University of Richmond, providing information on academics, student life, the application process, and financial aid. The visit typically includes a 45-minute information session conducted by an admission officer and a 90-minute walking tour led by a current student. Be sure to dress in comfortable clothing and shoes for the tour. Register online or by calling the Office of Admission at (804) 289-8640.M a y23
- Freedom of Religion and Dying in Hospitals: Accommodations and Restrictions6:30 PM - 8:00 PMPart of the "Debates in Religion, Public Policy, and the Law" series co-hosted by the University of Richmond School of Law. From time immemorial, mankind has attended dying and death with religious understanding and rituals. In today’s modern hospitals, such beliefs and practices may or may not be accommodated, even with the best intentions of well-meaning hospital staff. For example, Virginia’s legal “brain-death” criterion conflicts with the religious belief that death occurs solely with the cessation of cardio-respiratory functions. Buddhists, who believe consciousness leaves the body gradually over a period of days, certainly cannot expect a corpse to be left undisturbed in a hospital room for an extended period of time. Medical staff may legally contravene a family’s wishes for extraordinary resuscitation attempts, which are sometimes predicated on religious mandates. Still, doctors and nurses routinely go out of their way to accommodate many practices, including group prayer, washing the corpse, and removing the body from the premises within hours. An expert panel will examine this weighty topic from religious and medical perspectives. Two medical doctors, with a great deal of experience around the practicalities and ethics of death in a medical setting, will relate their personal experiences and well-honed thoughts on the subject. A respected member of the clergy will present an overview of significant religious concerns. The ensuing dialogue, sparked by audience questions, will shine light and understanding on death and dying at the intersection of cutting-edge medical technologies and age-old religious observances. Panelists: Kelly Stuart, M.D., MPH, MTS, is Medical Director of Clinical Ethics and the Center for Health Beginnings at Bon Secours Richmond Health System. A neonatologist by training, she also studies how the religious and cultural values of patients and their families can infuse regimens of care. Laurie Lyckholm, M.D., a professor at VCU Medical Center, is a specialist in Hematology/Oncology and Palliative Care. She trained in Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago and directs the Bioethics and Humanities Curriculum at the VCU School of Medicine. She is passionate about improving cancer and end-of-life care for patients in marginalized populations. Dr. Lyckholm is the director of the Fellowship Training Program in Hospice and Palliative Care at VCU. Rabbi Gary S. Creditor, of Temple Beth-El in Richmond, has been a Jewish leader for over 35 years, teaching all ages and participating on countless boards and communal agencies – Jewish, interfaith, and civic. He has guest-taught classes on religion at Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Richmond, and other universities, and has served on volunteer boards concerning health for hospitals in New York and Richmond. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available at the James Center parking deck for $3 for the evening with entry from E. Cary Street. Please RSVP to the First Freedom Center at caff@firstfreedom.org or (804) 643-1786. This series of public presentations is hosted by the First Freedom Center with the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, University of Richmond School of Law, and Bon Secours Richmond Health System. It is made possible by the generous financial support of the Charl Ormond Williams Foundation. The series addresses the rights enshrined in American law and in the universally-binding instruments of international law, and then considers those human rights from the perspectives both of jurisprudence and of religious and philosophic communities. The purpose of the series is to inform and engage the public in important religion, human-rights and public-policy issues that are in the headlines nearly every day.M a y23
- Information Session & Campus Tour9:45 AM - 12:00 PMGeared toward prospective students and their families, the campus visit offers a general introduction to the University of Richmond, providing information on academics, student life, the application process, and financial aid. The visit typically includes a 45-minute information session conducted by an admission officer and a 90-minute walking tour led by a current student. Be sure to dress in comfortable clothing and shoes for the tour. Register online or by calling the Office of Admission at (804) 289-8640.M a y24
- Information Session & Campus Tour2:15 PM - 4:30 PMGeared toward prospective students and their families, the campus visit offers a general introduction to the University of Richmond, providing information on academics, student life, the application process, and financial aid. The visit typically includes a 45-minute information session conducted by an admission officer and a 90-minute walking tour led by a current student. Be sure to dress in comfortable clothing and shoes for the tour. Register online or by calling the Office of Admission at (804) 289-8640.M a y24
- Information Session & Campus Tour9:45 AM - 12:00 PMGeared toward prospective students and their families, the campus visit offers a general introduction to the University of Richmond, providing information on academics, student life, the application process, and financial aid. The visit typically includes a 45-minute information session conducted by an admission officer and a 90-minute walking tour led by a current student. Be sure to dress in comfortable clothing and shoes for the tour. Register online or by calling the Office of Admission at (804) 289-8640.M a y28
- Information Session & Campus Tour2:15 PM - 4:30 PMGeared toward prospective students and their families, the campus visit offers a general introduction to the University of Richmond, providing information on academics, student life, the application process, and financial aid. The visit typically includes a 45-minute information session conducted by an admission officer and a 90-minute walking tour led by a current student. Be sure to dress in comfortable clothing and shoes for the tour. Register online or by calling the Office of Admission at (804) 289-8640.M a y28