University of Richmond Associate Professor of Political Science Jennifer Bowie has received the Law and Courts Teaching and Mentorship Award from the American Political Science Association, the Law & Courts section.
Rising senior Olivia Diaz, a journalism and global studies double major from Fairfield, Connecticut, has been awarded a 2020 Reporting Fellowship from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. She is the first Pulitzer Reporting Fellow in University of Richmond’s history.
North Court, one of the oldest buildings on University of Richmond’s campus, has received the 2020 Historical Renovation Award from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Virginia Chapter.
Four University of Richmond faculty, the most in UR’s history, have received Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust grants to support their research in chemical, medical, or other scientific fields.
Kristine L. Grayson, associate professor of biology, has been awarded $104,500 for her research project, Forecasting the Spread of an Invasive Forest Pest.
Michael Norris, assistant professor of chemistry, has received a $104,500 award from the Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust for his research on using carbon dioxide to create useful fuels as part of a solution to the current global energy crisis.
Joonsuk Park, assistant professor of computer science, has received a $104,500 award from the Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust for his research on online product reviews.
Biology professor B. Daniel Pierce has received a $104,500 award from the Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust to advance his research on a bacterium that causes tumors in plants and destroys billions of dollars of crops each year.