Sigma Phi Epsilon brothers at the University of Richmond will host their annual philanthropy event “Hoops for the House” March 29.

Nearly 400 students will present their original, faculty-mentored research at the University of Richmond’s School of Arts & Sciences 34th annual Student Symposium April 12. Topics include everything from alien life to hot button policy issues.

The University of Richmond Office of the Chaplaincy and Muslim Students Association are holding an event to honor the victims of the massacre at two New Zealand mosques. The vigil is March 26 at 6 p.m. on the Forum, located near Heilman Dining Center.

A star-studded delegation arrives in Richmond for the 27th French Film Festival on March 28-31. The festival is co-sponsored by the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Marshall Geiger, CSX Chair in Management and Accounting at University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business, was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Audit Research in the Netherlands to review the global academic literature on auditor reporting on financially distressed companies

The University of Richmond’s Richard S. Reynolds Graduate School of Business climbed the charts in the recent U.S. News & World Report rankings.

University of Richmond junior Lina Tori Jan of Kabul, Afghanistan, has been announced as a 2019 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 1,000 colleges and universities. She is only the second UR student to receive this honor.

2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a historical event that changed the political, social, and cultural face of Europe. A conference at the University of Richmond will bring together academics from around the world to address the European immigrant experience, both then and now.

The Weinstein family has a long history of supporting the University of Richmond. Their latest gift of $2 million to the Chaplaincy will encourage students to embrace a life of meaning, ethics, and purpose at Richmond and beyond.

A new report co-authored by an environmental law expert at the University of Richmond identifies flood-exposed communities in the James River watershed that are socially vulnerable to disasters as well as potential chemical contamination from local industrial facilities.