- Southwestern University Earns Voter Friendly Campus Designation for 2023-2024
SU is one of 258 campuses in 38 states recognized for promoting civic engagement. Find out more >
- Rhodes College Professor Granted Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for Ecuador
Dr. Eric Henager, associate professor of Spanish, has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2023-2024 for Ecuador. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s highly prestigious international educational exchange program, and its Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award sends American scholars, artists, faculty, and professionals abroad to lecture and/or conduct research for up to a year. Find out more >
- $25 Million Gift to the University of Richmond Will Support Creation of New Center Focused on Academic Support for Students
UR alums and longtime generous benefactors Carole and Marcus Weinstein will donate $25 million to the University of Richmond to support a center focused on student learning. Find out more >
- Southwestern University Adds Neuroscience Minor
The new minor is set to begin fall of 2023. Find out more >
- Director of University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab Awarded $250K NIH Grant for Redlining Research
Robert K. Nelson, director of the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond, has been awarded nearly $250K from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of redlining — racially-motivated lending discrimination — on health inequalities. Find out more >
- Rhodes College Professor Chosen for Sacred Writes’ 2023 Carpenter Cohort
Dr. Shatavia Wynn, assistant professor of religious and Africana studies, has been chosen for Sacred Writes’ 2023 Carpenter Cohort funded by the Carpenter Foundation and made up of scholars focused on gender and sexuality studies. Find out more >