Style Weekly’s Amy Biegelsen does a great job profiling University of Richmond’s President, Ed Ayers, as he celebrates his one-year anniversary at U of R.  The cover story captures that likability exudes from him.  And, to top it off, he’s got a way of putting things that keeps it real.  When asked about his experience so far at UR, he says,

“It’s been so positive, it would sound dishonest if I told you,” he demurs.

 The story continues:

He wants more cross-pollination among the schools and departments, more international students, more students from different income brackets. But his desire to reunite the school with the city crowns the overarching vision of a more inclusive campus.

…..Ayers also wants UR to be more inclusive in its own backyard, and he’s leading the push to bring the university downtown, literally. The new pro bono family law clinic, called UR Downtown, will sit across the street from the new federal courthouse on Eighth and Broad streets. Students from the law school will staff it alongside students from VCU’s School of Social Work. The center is slated to open in the fall.

The story offers much insight to an interesting and complicated man.  Also, it touches on the complicated issue of race  relations on a campus that has been voted the most homogeneous in the nation in past years.  It is well worth the read.