University of Richmond is ranked No. 5 in the top small schools’ category among Peace Corps’ 2025 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list.
Following the departure of students at the end of the academic year, some departments experience a lull, while others desperately need extra hands. The Campus Ops Cross-Utilization Program — or Cross-U — allows staff from departments with a reduced workload to assist those with temporary staffing needs.
University Facilities is vital in maintaining the University’s 90 buildings, spanning 2.8 million square feet and 350 acres of beautiful campus grounds. Every day, the team’s more than 200 members work to ensure campus is safe, well-maintained, and welcoming. The team is also embracing innovative technologies to enhance efficiency, sustainability, and overall campus care.
The University of Richmond held a consecration and dedication ceremony at a permanent memorial to honor those enslaved and laid to rest on the land that became the campus. The University acquired the first parcel of land comprising its current campus in 1910.
Along Came the Spiders, a new children’s book written by Tina Hallock, the first lady of the University of Richmond, is the tale of how the University of Richmond became the only Spider mascot in collegiate sports.
Barkin will address University of Richmond graduates during the main Commencement ceremony in May.
The University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business ranked in the top 20 of the annual Best Undergraduate Business Schools rankings by Poets&Quants for Undergrads, the leading online publication for undergraduate business education news.
UR's Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship initiative has received a $50,000 grant from the Joan and Morgan Massey Foundation to support the Richmond Innovation Fellows program.
Richmond Law Dean Wendy Perdue will step down as dean at the end of the 2025–26 academic year. She will remain on the UR faculty as a professor of law following a sabbatical.
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has recognized the University of Richmond as one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of students selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
The University of Richmond has been selected by Cigna Healthcare as a recipient of its 2024 gold-level Healthy Workforce Designation for demonstrating a strong commitment to improving the health and vitality of employees through a workplace well-being program.
16 student teams from independent colleges and universities located throughout the Commonwealth deliberated over four rounds of case studies with ethical dilemmas related to Ethics and Artificial Intelligence.
The University of Richmond has partnered with QuestBridge, a national nonprofit dedicated to providing accessible and affordable life-changing opportunities to the best and brightest students, regardless of their financial backgrounds.
The University of Richmond’s Jepson School of Leadership Studies has been awarded $150,000 from the Richard D. Donchian Foundation to continue and expand the Jepson School’s multifaceted ethics education initiatives.
The University of Richmond’s chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society, has been awarded a 2024 Presidential Award of Excellence.
Pippa Holloway has received funding from the National Park Service for an exploration of the history of public school desegregation in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
This grant will support a collaborative project focusing on climate impacts on Native Americans in Virginia.
Marketing professor Sara Hanson has been awarded the H. Hiter Harris III Excellence in Instructional Technology Award from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges.