UR students host science-themed field day
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About 100 University of Richmond students and more than 20 faculty members recently participated in the Gottwald Games at the University of Richmond — a science-themed, field-day-inspired event designed to highlight the sciences in a fun way.
The students are on Richmond's campus this summer conducting research with their faculty mentors, and this annual tradition returned following a three-year hiatus because of the pandemic. The games, which were held in and around the Gottwald Science Center, included an “aromatic ring” toss with rings shaped like chemistry molecules, a petri dish relay, and “hungry hungry fly traps,” a life-sized version of the classic hungry hungry hippos game, among others.
Research lab groups from across science disciplines competed against each other and won points for each game to determine the overall winners. The “Fireflies” from biology professor John Warrick’s lab took home the gold.
