University Faculty Senate

Four University of Richmond faculty, the most in UR’s history, have received Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust grants to support their research in chemical, medical, or other scientific fields.

When biology professor Shannon Jones realized the global pandemic would prevent her from bringing students to campus this summer for University of Richmond’s signature URISE program experience, she figured out a way to send science to them.

Joanna Wares, associate professor of mathematics, and Marcella Torres, director of mathematical studies, have received a grant from the Associated Colleges of the South for a project focused on creating mathematics and data science resources to support socially relevant teaching in the time of COVID-19.

Paul Kvam, a professor of statistics at the University of Richmond, has received a Fulbright Scholar Award for travel to Hong Kong to further his research in nonparametric statistics.

Professor of Biology Rafael de Sá has been awarded more than $400,000 from the National Science Foundation for his research on the diversity and evolution of a frog species found in South America.

Four University of Richmond students have been awarded prestigious Fulbright grants, which they will complete in 2021.

Junior Madelyn Hair from Boyertown, Pennsylvania, has been selected as a national Udall Scholar, which recognizes her commitment to the environment.

The University of Richmond is planning a temporary change in its admission practice by providing a test optional admission path for first-year students entering in 2021.

Two University of Richmond juniors have received Goldwater scholarships, the preeminent undergraduate award in science and math.

University of Richmond faculty gathered up nearly 7,000 pairs of gloves to donate to local healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sophomore Julia Vidlak, of Williamsburg, Virginia, has been awarded a prestigious Beckman Foundation Scholarship to pursue her research in organometallics.

The American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society, says a University of Richmond team’s work is at the forefront of this area of study.

Kathy Hoke, professor of mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, is leading a team focused on recruiting and retaining women and other underrepresented students as computer science majors and minors.

The University of Richmond is included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright U.S. Scholars and Students in 2019-20.

For the past 15 years, the Institute for Actual Innocence has fought for the rights of those let down by the justice system.