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Patricia Herrera, associate professor of theatre, has won the 2019 Collaborative Research Award from the American Society for Theatre Research, a national professional organization that fosters scholarship on theatre and performance.

Stephanie Spera, assistant professor of geography at the University of Richmond, has been awarded more than $700,000 from NASA for a three-year project to study ecosystem changes in the Amazon rainforest.

Shamim Ibrahim, a University of Richmond junior from Nairobi, Kenya, received a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant toward a project to support women’s reproductive health education in Kenya.

Five University of Richmond students have been named University Innovation Fellows.

Three University of Richmond professors have received grant funding from the Jack Miller Center to support a faculty-student reading group, which will explore the life and scholarly work of Frederick Douglass, a famous intellectual and leader of the abolitionist movement during the 19th century.

Santa paid a special visit to the University of Richmond campus today.