It's not rare to spot financial expert Robert Pozen advising politicians or writing for The Wall Street Journal. Last week, 16 University of Richmond seniors met up with him for a casual conversation on finance.

Students (from left) Lyrica Fils-Aimé, Michael Laventure and Andye Sanon join University efforts to help earthquake victims in their homeland of Haiti.

The donation of 300 screenplays to the University of Richmond last spring could not have come at a better time. Just as the gift was announced, the faculty voted to establish a film studies major.

Through Street Law, first-year student Sandra Zuniga Guzman is building on lessons from law experts by teaching others about the law and human rights.

Although there were no strains of "We Shall Overcome" heard, there was plenty of quiet contemplation as more than 100 members of the University community marched across campus to attend a gathering to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Karamah, a small, human rights nonprofit that was born at the University of Richmond School of Law, is expanding, thanks to a $1.42 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

University of Richmond physics professor Matt Trawick has just invented a new way to make some of the world's most powerful microscopes even more accurate.

First-year student Jordan Smith follows in the footsteps of her parents and grandfather to attend the University of Richmond.

After being banned from school by the Taliban in her native Afghanistan in third grade, Amina Abdul Qayum looks forward to collaborating with professors and students at UR.

First-year student Nils Niemeir plans to combine classical studies with environmental studies to examine environmental issues as observed by scholars.