Media Releases

University of Richmond musicology professor Jessie Fillerup has been awarded a fellowship from the University of Aarhus in Denmark for her research into the use of music in 19^th-century European and North American theatrical magic shows. 

The "Fiske Guide to Colleges," a leading college guidebook, has selected the University of Richmond for its 2018 edition of more than 300 "best and most interesting schools" in the United States, Canada and Great Britain.

The second quarter 2017 CEO Economic Outlook survey by the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business and the Virginia Council of CEOs (VACEOs) finds that the level of optimism among central Virginia CEOs remains near the highest levels seen in the survey’s seven-year history. 

Betty Neal Crutcher, spouse of the University of Richmond’s president, Ronald A. Crutcher, has been elected co-chair of the Council of Independent Colleges Presidential Spouses and Partners Task Force.

University of Richmond computer science professor Jory Denny will receive support from the Computing Research Association for Women for a robotics project that promotes diversity in computing research.

The American Chemical Society has named University of Richmond chemistry professor John Gupton to the 2017 class of ACS Fellows, which includes scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry.