University of Richmond Campus Trees

An interesting project from the University's biology department, an online record of the trees and shrubs of the campus at Campus Trees

UR Digges Fast Money

University of Richmond MBA candidate, Elizabeth Digges, earned the highest grade from Pete Najarian for going beyond the obvious in her trading advice on the Grade the Trade segment Friday night on CNBC's "Fast Money".
The scenario she would answer arrived about 2 p.m., giving her time to research it online. Appearing via webcam from the University of Richmond, the segment was taped around 6:15 and aired at 8. Snippets from InRich

Rio Riches

According to RedHerring, Brazil is the new darling of high-tech and cleantech investors. Much of the $4.6 billion invested in Latin America last year went to Brazil. Draper Fisher Jurvetson recently announced a $40-million early-stage fund financed by Brazilian investors.

“We see it as a large economy with talented people, smart people, some world-class universities,” says Don Wood, DFJ’s managing director. “It’s been essentially starved of the venture capital ecosystem that fuels innovation.” Brazil’s economy, he notes, is slightly larger than Russia’s and on par with India’s. Snippet from RedHerring

The University of Richmond is prepared for this new focus on Brazil, as one of the few professional MBA programs in the country that requires an international consultancy project and a long history of partnerships in Brazil.