Dana Kuchem joins the University of Richmond as the director of scholars and fellowships. In this new position, Kuchem will be responsible for connecting Richmond students with prestigious academic opportunities.

University of Richmond President Ronald A. Crutcher will speak tomorrow at the Council of Europe Global Forum on “Higher Education for Diversity, Social Inclusion, and Community: A Democratic Imperative,” held at LUMSA University in Rome. 

Austin Brockenbrough III, a former rector of the Board of Trustees at the University of Richmond, was inducted into the Robins School Alumni Hall of Fame during the school’s recent reunion weekend.

University of Richmond history professor Christopher Bischof has been named a 2017 National Academy of Education-Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow for his research into elementary education in the West Indies.

Biology professor Jory Brinkerhoff and chemistry professor Julie Pollock have each received a $100,000 award from the Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust to support their research.

For the first time, the University of Richmond will read a book by one of Richmond’s own faculty members as the 2017-18 One Book, One Richmond common reading selection.

Six University of Richmond students have recently received scholarships or awards nationally recognized as top honors for student scholars.

The University of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab recently released “The Executive Abroad,” which maps the international trips of presidents and secretaries of state.

University of Richmond junior Megan Higgins has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Chinese in Tainan, Taiwan.

Taylor Johnson, a history and Russian studies double major who graduated from the University of Richmond earlier this month, has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant.