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.

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.  

Spring Break will launch a new pilot program at the University of Richmond that aims to overcome the obstacles preventing students from participating in study abroad opportunities.

Women business leaders and professionals from the greater Richmond area will connect over roundtable discussions and networking sessions to share ideas about mentorship. The event, “Future-Proofing Your Career 2019: The Importance of Mentoring,” will take place 3:30-7:30 p.m. on March 7 at the Jepson Alumni Center.

As the only university with a Spider mascot, the Spiders are celebrating 10 days of Spider Pride beginning March 4 (Founder’s Day for the university) and culminating with National Spider Day on March 14.

Julietta Singh, associate professor of English and women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Richmond, has been awarded a $95,000 Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship for Recently Tenured Scholars by the American Council of Learned Societies.