Jasmine Cottle has wanted to be a doctor since she was six years old. This fall, all her hard work will pay off when she begins medical school and takes the first step toward a career helping underserved populations.

As part of her study abroad program in Ghana, African diaspora studies major Gabrielle Misiewicz took drumming lessons from the country's only female master drummer while studying the roots and significance of Ghanaian dance and music traditions.

The UR Organizing Project gives students the skills, tactics and strategies they need to become change agents through community organizing.

University of Richmond senior Carly Vendegna is applying her knowledge of sustainable agriculture and community gardening to projects on campus and in the city.

Last summer Heather Thornton, ’12, packed her bags and textbooks and climbed aboard a van bound for the deep South. Along with seven classmates and two professors, she was on her way to the historical heart of the civil rights movement.

Honesty may be the best policy but it can be costly. Just ask Tracy Thorne-Begland, L’98. Honesty about his sexual orientation ended his dream career as a Naval aviator.

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

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.

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.

Even though she grew up in Richmond, Jamaica Akandé had never visited UR's campus. Now, as a student, she feels right at home.