University of Richmond religious studies and American studies professor Douglas Winiarski has been awarded a 2018 Book Award for nonfiction by The New England Society for his work, Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England.
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University of Richmond Professor Receives 2018 Book Award by The New England Society
July 16, 2018
Visit University of Richmond During Private College Week, July 23-27
University of Richmond will welcome prospective students and their families to campus during the last week of July for Virginia Private College Week.
July 11, 2018
Media Tip Sheet: University of Richmond Confederate Monument Experts
University of Richmond faculty are available to share their expertise for stories about Confederate Monuments.
July 10, 2018
University of Richmond's 'Preprofessional' and 'Forward-looking Campus' Named to the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2019
The “Fiske Guide to Colleges,” a leading college guidebook, has selected the University of Richmond, which it describes as a “forward-looking campus,” for its 2019 edition of “best and most interesting schools” in the United States, Canada and Great Britain.
July 10, 2018
University of Richmond Chemistry Professor Miles Johnson Awarded 100,000 Jeffress Memorial Trust Grant for Chemical Research
Miles Johnson, University of Richmond assistant professor of chemistry, has received a $100,000 award from the Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust for his research project working with chemical compounds that will contribute to the pharmaceutical industry.
June 28, 2018
UR history professor to complete book on the roots of U.S. deportation through Library of Congress fellowship
Samantha Seeley, assistant professor of history at the University of Richmond, has been awarded a Kluge Fellowship from The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress for her book, “Race and Removal in the Early American Republic.”
June 20, 2018
UR installs pollinator garden during National Pollinator Week
Jennifer Sevin, a visiting lecturer in biology, and her students are teaming up with Kirstin Berben, biology laboratories manager and one of UR’s beekeepers, to create a pollinator garden during National Pollinator Week.
June 18, 2018
Record number of students apply to University of Richmond; overall academic profile continues to rise
The incoming first-year class of 2022 is another one of Richmond’s most academically talented and diverse classes. A record number of 11,881 applications were received for just over 800 spaces.
June 13, 2018
University of Richmond senior awarded international Gilman scholarship to study public health in Amsterdam
University of Richmond senior Cherelle Cotton, of Hampton, Virginia, has received a Gilman scholarship to support her summer study abroad experience in Amsterdam.
June 12, 2018
UR professors receive NSF support for rock pools research
University of Richmond biology professor Kristine Grayson has received a $20,000 Research Opportunity Award grant from the National Science Foundation for a collaborative project on understanding species diversity in rock pool communities in the James River.