Record Applications Lead to Strong Class of 2028
The University of Richmond is welcoming about 840 traditional undergraduate students to campus for the 2024–25 academic year.
Media Releases
August 1, 2024
University of Richmond Donates Modular Units Used During COVID-19 Response to Central International College
Once the University determined the modular units were no longer required to support campus operations, they donated them to other organizations that needed them.
July 31, 2024
University of Richmond’s Sylvia Gale Selected for National Design Team to Support Civic Engagement of College Students
Sylvia Gale, executive director for the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, has been selected to serve on the Democracy Inventory Design Team.
July 25, 2024
GRANT NEWS
University of Richmond Chemistry Professor Wade Downey Receives American Chemical Society Grant for Silicon Research
This grant-support project focuses on silicon and has applications in the fields of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and herbicides.
July 17, 2024
Rankings News
University of Richmond Featured in Fiske Guide’s 2025 Edition
Richmond has been included in the Fiske Guide, which features about 300 schools, since the guidebook first launched in the 1980s.
July 10, 2024
Faculty Awards
University of Richmond’s Jepson School of Leadership Studies Dean Sandra Peart named 2024 Fulbright Specialist
Sandra Peart, dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, will work with faculty and staff at the Universidad del Desarrollo to build a cohesive interdisciplinary program.
July 9, 2024
University of Richmond Professor Receives Appalachian Studies Association Fellowship For Research on Black History
Jillean McCommons, assistant professor of history and Africana studies, has been awarded the Wilma Dykeman “Faces of Appalachia” Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship.
July 3, 2024
University of Richmond Announces Todd C. Adams as Vice President for Student Development
Adams has worked in higher education and in student-focused roles for nearly three decades.
July 3, 2024
UR’s Modlin Center for the Arts to Host World Premiere of Opera Based on Garth Greenwell Novel
The University of Richmond’s Modlin Center for the Arts will host the world premiere of What Belongs to You, a chamber opera based on the acclaimed debut novel of the same name by Garth Greenwell.
June 26, 2024
University of Richmond’s Karina Vázquez Receives National Award for Undergraduate Research Mentorship
University of Richmond’s Karina Vázquez has received the 2024 Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research.