Gill Robinson Hickman, professor emerita in the University of Richmond’s Jepson School of Leadership Studies, will be honored with the International Leadership Association’s (ILA) Leadership Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s global conference in November.

University of Richmond’s One Book, One Richmond program aims to engage the entire campus and greater community on issues of social inequality.

The University of Richmond was ranked #74 out of 1,000 colleges across the nation in the inaugural The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Ranking.

The University of Richmond Robins School of Business’ Executive Speaker Series invites national and international business leaders to give keynote speeches on campus.

The University of Richmond Downtown’s fall TAKE 30 event series will focus on “Election Season 2016.”

A group of renowned scholars will speak on everything from coral reefs to contemporary art as part of University of Richmond’s Global Environmental Speaker Series.

The Virginia Chess Federation has named University of Richmond sophomore Qindong Yang the 2016 Virginia chess champion.

Jerry Clemmer, University of Richmond’s director of Residential Dining, is the recipient of the 2016 East Regional Rising Star Scholarship, sponsored by the Spelman and Johnson Group, from the National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS). Clemmer is one of four recipients nationwide.

The University of Richmond will welcome global humanitarian, medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer as the speaker for the 2016 Weinstein-Rosenthal Forum on Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Modlin Center for the Arts.

U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2017” guide ranked University of Richmond 27th on the National Liberal Arts College ranking. Richmond improved from 32nd last year.