Media Releases
Biology Professor Dan Pierce Receives Jeffress Trust Award for Research on Bacterium that Causes Tumors in Plants
Biology professor B. Daniel Pierce has received a $104,500 award from the Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust to advance his research on a bacterium that causes tumors in plants and destroys billions of dollars of crops each year.
July 10, 2020
As Virginia Moves into Phase 3, Economic Outlook Improves
The University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business and the Virginia Council of CEOs’ quarterly CEO Economic Outlook Survey finds that expectations over the next six months for sales, capital spending, and employment all improved compared with expectations at the end of May.
July 7, 2020
Sending Science to Students: University of Richmond Biology Professor Mails Science-Themed Kits to Incoming STEM Students
When biology professor Shannon Jones realized the global pandemic would prevent her from bringing students to campus this summer for University of Richmond’s signature URISE program experience, she figured out a way to send science to them.
June 24, 2020
University of Richmond Accounting Professor Receives Award From Prominent Advocacy Group for Research Detecting Fraud
Accounting professor Ashley Austin has received a grant from the Center for Audit Quality for her research project on detecting fraud during the audit process.
June 22, 2020
University of Richmond Business School To Offer Course That Shows How the Pandemic Has Changed Marketing
Marketing professionals who want to learn how the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the field of marketing are doing so as part of a special four-week course offered through the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business Executive Education.
June 17, 2020
UR Math Professors Receive Grant Support for Work Addressing Social Justice Issues and Teaching in the Time of COVID-19
Joanna Wares, associate professor of mathematics, and Marcella Torres, director of mathematical studies, have received a grant from the Associated Colleges of the South for a project focused on creating mathematics and data science resources to support socially relevant teaching in the time of COVID-19.
June 12, 2020
Economic Outlook Continues to Improve but CEOs Want Faster Action
The second special edition of University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business and the Virginia Council of CEOs quarterly CEO Economic Outlook Survey found that CEO sentiment has continued to improve after dealing with COVID-19 for another month, but CEOs are unhappy with the pace of reopening the state.