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.

Nathaniel "Welles" Ruhlin, '13, took the road to Richmond to pursue his interest in science while taking full advantage of a liberal arts education.

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

At the Robins School of Business, the same professors that teach the nation's aspiring entrepreneurs and stockbrokers are now teaching business practices to executives of Virginia's minority companies.

After spending four years making the most of his time at Richmond, Pohl joined some of the brightest minds in the country as a software engineer at Google in September 2007.

Richmond’s new science course integrates the teaching of biology, chemistry, physics, math and computer science.