Author: Kristin Davis

Robert Rycroft Publishes Economics Book

Professor of Economics Professor Robert Rycroft recently had a book published: The Economics of Inequality, Discrimination, Poverty and Mobility, 2nd Edition, Routledge.Read more about the book here:ttps://www.routledge.com/The-Economics-of-Inequality-Discrimination-Poverty-and-Mobility/Rycroft/p/book/9781138194403  Professor of Economics 

Pruning to End Friday on Double Drive Holly Trees

Crews plan to finish pruning Double Drive holly trees on Friday.The major overhaul of the iconic trees began Monday. The university had not undertaken such extensive pruning in more than a decade, said Richard Blair, director of landscape and grounds, and the trees fared better than he’d hoped.The work can leave plants looking stick-like and […]

Cheneys visit James Monroe Museum

The James Monroe Museum was honored to welcome Dr. Lynne Cheney, historian and former Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and her husband, the 46th Vice President of the United States, Mr. Richard B. Cheney, to the museum on Saturday, February 24.Dr. Cheney spent the day at various historic sites in Virginia conducting […]

Mackintosh Named to New Class of Scholars

History professor Will Mackintosh has been named to the inaugural class of scholars at the Bright Institute of Knox College. He will join fourteen liberal arts professors in receiving a $9,000 award of research support over three years. This honor will support his research on the Loomis Gang.Read more: https://www.knox.edu/news/bright-institute-announces-first-cohort-of-scholars.

Marissa Miller Wins Award at Conference

Marissa Miller, Associate Coordinator of Student Conduct and Responsibility, recently won an award at a national conference.On February 21-24, the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) held its annual conference in Jacksonville, Fla. Miller entered a case study competition for Mid-Level Professionals. The goal for each team was to review a case and present the […]