University Faculty Senate

Jennifer Jones Cavenaugh, who currently serves as the dean of the faculty at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, will become dean of the University of Richmond’s School of Arts & Sciences July 1.

The School of Professional & Continuing Studies has been awarded two grants from the R.E.B Foundation to support education programs.

UR alum Griffin Trau has been selected as a Schwarzman Scholar, one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships.

University of Richmond biology professor Omar Quintero-Carmona has been named the recipient of the 2021 Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity from The American Society for Cell Biology.

A recent $1 million gift will accelerate the development of the University of Richmond’s Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship initiative.

Geography and the environment professor Stephanie Spera received the H. Hiter Harris III Award for Excellence in Instructional Technology from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges.

Sandra Joireman, Weinstein Chair of International Studies and professor of political science at the University of Richmond, has been selected as a research fellow for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

The importance of public transportation is the central focus of a new grant-funded project led by American Studies professor Laura Browder and theatre professor Patricia Herrera.

Lina Tori Jan, a 2020 University of Richmond graduate from Kabul, Afghanistan, received a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant to support a series of podcasts showcasing the stories of refugees and immigrants from Afghanistan.

Jerry Gilfoyle, professor of physics at the University of Richmond, has been awarded $278,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy to support his ongoing nuclear physics research.

Camilla Nonterah, assistant professor of health psychology, has been awarded $100,000 from the Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust for her research on barriers in access to organ transplants.

University of Richmond anthropology professors Miguel Díaz-Barriga and Margaret Dorsey have received the 2021 New Directions Award from the General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association for their research on border walls.

Music professors Joanna Love and Andrew McGraw have been awarded nearly $50K in grant funding for their project “America's Music Scenes in the Age of Social Media.”

University of Richmond students McKenna Dunbar, a junior from Washington, D.C., and Indya Woodfolk, a senior from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, received a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant to support a project empowering minoritized peoples related to environmental justice.

The Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond has received three awards for the story map project Southern Journey: The Migrations of the American South, 1790-2010.