Painting a story of advocacy and activism
Bonner Scholar and Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy intern highlights civic engagement experiences.
June 18, 2024
UNIVERSITY NEWS
City treks: Spiders explore Richmond
The UR community celebrates Pride Month, Juneteenth, and other events through the Bonner Center’s Summer in the City series, now in its tenth year.
April 18, 2024
The politics of human migration
The daughter of Indian immigrants seeks to understand the politics and human rights implications of forced migration.
April 16, 2024
Paying it forward
First-generation college student shares his knowledge of college with his Latinx high school mentees.
February 5, 2024
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Habitat returns home to UR
Students revive UR's Habitat for Humanity chapter. Their 100 members include a Spider who helped build her own family's Habitat house.
January 12, 2024
UNIVERSITY NEWS
Contemplating MLK's inspiring words
Drawing from the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on campus, local leaders and UR community members discuss what it means to "commit to humanity."
January 9, 2024
UNIVERSITY NEWS
Celebrating the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
UR will host a weeklong series of events with the theme, “Commit to Humanity,” beginning on MLK Day.
December 15, 2023
STUDENT LIFE
Spider scientists teach local middle schoolers
UR undergrads worked with young scholars on a visit to a campus zebrafish lab.
December 7, 2023
Community-Based Learning at the Richmond Flood Wall
Anthropology professor Margaret Dorsey enriches courses with local exploration and field mapping.
November 13, 2023
Jillian Yates, ’24
A Burhans Civic Fellowship provides biology major new perspectives and teaching experience in Indonesia.
June 14, 2023
Spider Scientists Teach Local Middle Schoolers
Higher Achievement scholars visit campus for a special zebrafish lab.
June 9, 2023
Esteban Figueroa, '23
Spider brings tax expertise and Spanish fluency to the Richmond community.
May 26, 2023
Soaring with SOAR365
Volunteers help the Richmond nonprofit provide life-fulfilling opportunities for those with disabilities.