An excited buzz filled Jepson Hall as students gathered on a February morning to meet University of Richmond alumnus Robert S. Jepson Jr., B’64, GB’75, H’87. They listened raptly as the Jepson School of Leadership Studies benefactor talked about the …
University of Richmond Stories
Emerson Linden was beaming at her University of Richmond Commencement on May 10, and with good cause. She recently received a full scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in comparative social policy at the University of Oxford this fall as …
Sydney Hass walked across the Robins Center stage to receive her diploma and into University of Richmond history on May 10, 2026, when she became the first legacy graduate of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies. Her father, Rev. Kevin …
Daniel Polonia’s joyful enthusiasm for making the world a better place is palpable. The first-generation college senior learned about social injustice in the United States in his University of Richmond classes and about human rights abuses in a study-abroad program …
Many Spiders know senior Emma McCauley as the first woman to serve as a senator in the student government of Richmond College, the University of Richmond’s historically male college. What they may not know is that she drew much of …
Jacob Schumer has a lot to celebrate as he prepares for Commencement this Sunday: The University of Richmond senior recently learned of his selection as a Jepson Scholar, which comes with an all-expenses-paid scholarship to cover his master’s program in …
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — The University of Richmond will award more than 1,000 degrees during Commencement ceremonies on May 9 and 10.
The University expects to award the following degrees:
861 undergraduate bachelor’s degrees from the School of Arts & …
Sabrina Gaytan Lopez watched mesmerized from her perch in the public gallery as barristers bedecked in white wigs and black robes argued two cases in the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Afterwards, the junior and her classmates met with …
The murder of George Floyd in May 2020 set off a racial reckoning at colleges and universities that still was reverberating when Abigail Green matriculated at the University of Richmond in fall 2022. In the last 16 months, Green, now …
Samuel Chanenson exemplifies the contributions undergraduates can make by creating new knowledge through original research. The senior leadership studies and psychology major has been conducting research for three years. He said he chose the University of Richmond because it offers …