Elspeth Collard, a University of Richmond senior from Alexandria, Virginia, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Luce Scholars Program. This nationally competitive fellowship is awarded annually to 18 graduating seniors and young alumni nationwide. Collard is UR’s second Luce Scholar.
Stephanie Spera, an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of Richmond, has received grant support from NASA for research focusing on the Cerrado frontier, a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil.
Geography and the environment professor Stephanie Spera has been selected as one of 40 scientists to participate in the 2022 Voices for Science cohort.
UR has earned a second STARS Gold rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.