Media

The Humanities in a Civil Society
March 9, 2009
President Ayers speaks on the interdisciplinary importance of the humanities at this symposium hosted by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, broadcast on C-SPAN.

Voting America (View Video)
November 5, 2008
President Ayers and Andrew Torget, director of the University's Digital Scholarship Lab, discuss the history of presidential elections in Virginia on WWBT-12, Richmond's NBC affiliate.

BackStory
A weekly radio program that brings historical perspective to the events happening around us. Each week, renowned U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Peter Onuf, and Brian Balogh tear a topic from the headlines and plumb its historical depths.

How the U.S. Has Voted Since 1980
Google Blogs
October 31, 2008

Is Google Earth Becoming a Platform for Academic Scholarship?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 30, 2008

University of Richmond Partners With Google on Election Data Analysis
“Market Watch” Investor’s Web site
(a member of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network)
October 30, 2008

Historians With U.Va. Connections Explain the Roots of Current Events
Richmond Times-Dispatch
October 19, 2008

The Chronicle of Higher Education and The New York Times Announce Formation of Higher Education Cabinet
Business Wire
September 15, 2008

'Cinematic' Maps Give Historical Context to Presidential Election
The Chronicle of Higher Education
September 12, 2008

The Little Engine That Can
Inside Higher Ed
September 4, 2008