The University of Richmond School of Professional and Continuing Studies will now offer a Master of Teaching degree beginning this fall.  

Two University of Richmond professors determined in a recent study that students’ interest in computer science can be influenced using low-cost, online interventions.

Sara Hyman, a University of Richmond senior from Stamford, Connecticut, has been selected to study abroad next year in Jordan as part of the Boren Scholarship program.

Kelly Lambert, a University of Richmond psychology professor, has received a more than $435,000 Academic Research Enhancement Award from the National Institutes of Health.

The Robins School of Business has established the University of Richmond Accounting Fellowship in honor of Joe Ben Hoyle, associate professor of accounting. Hoyle will hold the fellowship until his retirement, at which time it will assume his name as the Joe Ben Hoyle Teaching Fellowship.

University of Richmond’s annual Big Yard Sale is Saturday, May 18, from 8 a.m. to noon at Robins Stadium.

Mimi Hanaoka, associate professor of religious studies in Islam, has been awarded her second Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship by the Social Science Research Council.

Science meets art in “See the Heat,” a new exhibition co-curated by University of Richmond senior Sarah Kwon, a biology major, and professor Eugene Maurakis, who teaches in the biology department and School of Professional & Continuing Studies.

University of Richmond associate professor of rhetoric and communication Tim Barney has received the Ecroyd Teaching Excellence Award from the Eastern Communication Association.

The University of Richmond expects to award more than 1,100 degrees during commencement weekend May 10-12.