Trio de Richmond, a trio featuring cellist Ronald A. Crutcher, University of Richmond president; Michael Davison, UR professor of music; pianist Joanne Kong, Richmond’s director of accompaniment and coordinator of chamber ensembles will perform the American premiere of “Trio Op.3.”

University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business will honor Aubrey Layne, secretary of finance for the Commonwealth of Virginia, as Executive of the Year.

Nearly 400 students will present their independent, faculty-mentored research at the University of Richmond’s School of Arts & Sciences 33rd annual Student Symposium April 20.

Pak Danis Sugiyanto joins the University of Richmond’s music department this spring as a Fulbright scholar-in-residence. Sugiyanto comes from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts in Solo, Java to teach Javanese gamelan, a traditional, percussion-based form of Indonesian music.

University of Richmond biology professor Carrie Wu has received two grant awards for her research related to plant population biology.

University of Richmond will host “Pa’lante Puerto Rico,” an educational opportunity for the Richmond community to learn about the history of Puerto Rico and a fundraiser supporting Puerto Rican artists impacted by Hurricane Maria. The event is April 25 from 5:30-7 p.m. in the courtyard of the Carole Weinstein International Center.

The Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation has awarded honors for science and math excellence to three University of Richmond students.

University of Richmond will join the national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death April 4.

The University of Richmond has received a $75,000 grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund to further improve energy conversation efforts.

The University of Richmond Downtown, will open a new exhibition titled “PROTEST! A Richmond History” as part of RVA First Fridays on April 6 at 5 p.m.