The Hon. Robert A. Katzmann, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, addressed a group of students, faculty and community members April 8 at the University of Richmond School of Law’s Robert R. Merhige Jr. Moot Courtroom. In a conversation with Dean Wendy Perdue, Katzmann discussed his new book, Judging Statues, which explores the approach courts should use in interpreting statutes.

In Terry Dolson’s First-Year Seminar, students explore the role of storytelling in social change while mentoring residents at Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center.

Students collaborate with Youth Life Foundation to present a chemistry-themed magic show to local elementary and middle school students.

First year students explore ideas of sustainability in the context of Russian culture in a First-Year Seminar led by professor Yvonne Howell.

How much food can you buy for about $4 per day? Some students are finding out and getting a crash course in empathy in the process.

Her business education became real when she was able to apply it to social change in the Dominican Republic and back home, here in Richmond.

Students in Jessica Flanigan's Critical Thinking classes are focusing on why we give and how to decide who benefits. 

Davis Projects for Peace winner Jhewel Fernandez, ’14, uses grant to revamp self-identity and community-building program in small-town Brazil.

Since its founding in 1993, the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute has brought together diverse individuals from a variety of backgrounds and political ideologies.  Its goal?  People working together for the common good, to strengthen and enhance the quality of government at all levels in Virginia.  The Sorensen Institute’s flagship program is the Political Leaders Program (PLP), and the PLP has become a traditional first step for future political leaders in Virginia.  This year, among the attorneys, CEOs, and business people in the PLP, are Eric Postow (L ’16) and Samantha Sedivy (L ’16), the only two students in the program.

Meg Eastman, ’01, brings together history and art working for the Virginia Historical Society.