Feature Stories

Have you had an opportunity recently to eat at the Heilman Dining Center? It’s open not only to students and faculty, but also to Osher members and the general public. If you haven’t, then please try it because D-Hall, as it is called on campus, offers excellent food at reasonable prices.

Two students and an alumna team up to raise money to benefit the Dominion School for Autism.

Anthropology major Grace Leonard, '12, combines classroom learning and community service in Richmond and abroad to further her study of people in relationship to each other, geographic space, and culture.

Employees from the offices of Advancement, the Chaplaincy, Enrollment Management, and Student Development gather to create a new networking group.

Law School Admissions Representatives volunteer their time to help recruit students by sharing the real story about Richmond Law.

Each month this fall, first-year students had the opportunity to meet with local leaders so they could “get a glimpse of how power in the city operates in practice.”

Common Ground’s two-part social justice leadership retreat is an introduction to the types of inequality that exist today, and how to find the right first step in taking action for social change.

Charisse Hines began the year with one goal: to build Richmond Law's chapter of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy into one of the best in the nation.

Attending a summer school program for low-income urban youth set Nikkia Ellis, '13, on a trajectory that led to her matriculation at the University of Richmond. Now she's giving back in abundance.

Outdoor learning spaces are on the rise and benefiting students in a number of ways. A new program from SPCS aims to equip teachers with the resources to bring nature to the classroom.

Her work with nonprofits helped Jun Xie, ’12, an accounting major from China, land a job with Ernst & Young in Richmond, a city she now considers home.

When Alex Hahn, '13, learned about a summer seminar at Procter & Gamble, he had no idea it would later land him an internship in the research world where he is considering a career.