Community-engaged research engages faculty and community stakeholders in meaningful research together and is published both in disciplinary journals and in journals dedicated to community engagement.
Community-based learning succeeds when students further their own learning through experience and reflection and give valuable information or service to the community partner.
Accounting professor Nancy Bagranoff has been named to Sentara Health's Board of Directors. Sentara Health is an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system, and is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, and among the top 20 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country.
Anna Johnson, Nicolas Parlavecchio, and Eric Zhou have received Goldwater scholarships, one of the most sought-after and prestigious undergraduate awards in science and math.
The library is currently accepting nominations for the 2026 James W. Jackson Award for Excellence in Library Research, which is meant to recognize an "outstanding research paper completed by an undergraduate student who is a junior or senior enrolled in upper division courses or independent study projects in the departments of History, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, [or] Education."
Faculty from these departments are encouraged to submit representative student papers before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15. Please submit all papers via email to JacksonAward@richmond.edu. No written recommendation required; just attach the paper in PDF or Word format. Make sure to include the student's name in the nomination email as well.
For more information, email JacksonAward@richmond.edu or contact Kyle Jenkins (kyle.jenkins@richmond.edu) or Paul Rosenstein (paul.rosenstein@richmond.edu).