Impact

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Innovation & Research

Human touch, digital mind

Richmond charts the course for digital humanities and AI.

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Student Success

The leader in leadership

Jepson is more than a school that shapes leaders–it’s also a hub of scholarly work and research with a driving mission to advance the discipline of leadership studies.

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Innovation & Research

Tracking invasive species

On the surface, it looks like Dr. Kristine Grayson is studying insects and reptiles in her research lab at the University of Richmond. Look closer and you will find that her work is far more comprehensive. Grayson is working to learn more about growth patterns and what they mean for our planet.

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Innovation & Research

Choreographed communication

Undergraduate students are teaching robots to dance in Dr. Patrick Martin’s robotics lab at the University of Richmond. It’s not ballet or hip-hop. Rather, it’s a choreographed dance partnership between machine and human.

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Teaching & Mentorship

University of Richmond undergrads are changing brain research

Rats are driving cars in Dr. Kelly Lambert’s Behavioral Neuroscience research lab at the University of Richmond. For them, the reward is Froot Loops. For neuroscience, the payoff is far sweeter.

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Career Outcomes

Employment success story for business graduates

Richmond's Robins School of Business celebrates career outcomes trend

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Fostering Entrepreneurs

Innovative Bench Top program puts students in charge of real-deal businesses

Gen Z has been labeled “the most entrepreneurial generation.” They used the COVID-19 lockdown to create businesses, websites, and other “side gigs.” Many of those ventures still thrive.

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Student Success

Richmond recognized again for student scholars' global impact

Six students received the 2024-25 award, solidifying Richmond's spot as a top producer of Fulbright students. 

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