UR alums and longtime generous benefactors Carole and Marcus Weinstein will donate $6 million to the University of Richmond to support the expansion of the Wilton Center.
University of Richmond senior Stevi Dugas has received a Projects for Peace grant for her project aimed at breaking cycles of poverty among single mothers and youth in Ghana.
UR's Department of Music and the Modlin Center for the Arts are hosting an artist residency featuring Indonesian performer and UR artist-in-residence Peni Candra Rini, Balinese shadow master Gusti Sudarta, and musicians and dancers from the Court of Java.
Anna Johnson, Nicolas Parlavecchio, and Eric Zhou have received Goldwater scholarships, one of the most sought-after and prestigious undergraduate awards in science and math.
Kurt Beals is on the shortlist for the James Tait Black Prize for his translation of Jenny Erpenbeck’s Things that Disappear: Reflections and Memories.