In the News

Mainstream national media and top industry trade publications frequently turn to University of Richmond faculty and staff experts to add perspective to the news of the day and serve as key authorities on issues of national and international importance. Within the UR newsroom you will find media placements, the University’s releases, and featured experts.

The Conversation

University of Richmond faculty contribute articles to The Conversation, an independent news source specializing in articles written by academics for a general audience. View The Conversation pieces authored by UR faculty here.

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Lauren Anesta

Media Relations Manager
lauren.anesta@richmond.edu
804-289-8660

Sunni Brown

Senior Director, Media Relations & Strategic Communications
sbrown5@richmond.edu
804-289-8056

Cynthia Price

Associate Vice President for Communications and Media Relations
cprice2@richmond.edu
804-287-6659

Media Releases

Collage of UR students moving into residence halls

August 20, 2025

University of Richmond Welcomes Class of 2029

The University of Richmond is welcoming more than 860 traditional undergraduate students to campus for the 2025–26 academic year.

Taylor Arnold and Lauren Tilton in front of a map from the Photogrammar project

August 19, 2025

University of Richmond’s Distant Viewing Lab Receives $1M Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand Access to AI Tools

The Distant Viewing Lab has received a Mellon Foundation grant to expand access to computer vision models used in digital humanities research.

August 18, 2025

Student Scholars

University of Richmond Graduate Nicolas Ferree Awarded Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Ferree will continue his research on the cosmic microwave background — the oldest light in our Universe.

NASA image of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in 2005

August 15, 2025

Expert Alert

20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina: The Impact of Community After Disaster

Melissa Ooten, an academic expert who researches disasters and how they shape communities, discusses the recovery of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward twenty years after Hurricane Katrina.

August 13, 2025

Rankings News

University of Richmond Recognized as “Best College” by Princeton Review; Earns High Marks for Academics and Student Experience

The Princeton Review has recognized the University of Richmond in its 2026 edition of The Best 391 Colleges guide.

August 7, 2025

New Research

From Garden to Lab: New Research Suggests Plant-Based Compound Could Pave the Way to Safe and Effective Antiseizure Medications

New research by University of Richmond biology professor Colleen Carpenter-Swanson examines the antiseizure effects of vitexin, a common plant compound.