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WOW – #URHere Giving Day was a record-breaking success, with more than $3.4 million given by 5,200+ donors and counting! 🥳
Spiders showed up from all 50 states and 19 countries, proving we really are stronger together. We can't thank you enough for your generous support of Richmond and our Spiders. ❤️💙🕷️
🎥: @lydiaddoherty and @sophiedulog, '26
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We're so close to meeting our goal for #URHere Giving Day – wondering how you can help us cross the finish line? We need Spiders in just a few more states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, and Nebraska) and a few more countries to drop their pin on the map with a gift for additional funds to be unlocked!📍
Check out all matches, challenges, and funds at urhere.richmond.edu
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Then and now, Spiders have always been stronger together. 💪🏼❤️💙🕷️
Join us in showing how #URHere for Richmond and give now – and, bonus, gifts from 6-9 a.m. this morning are being matched up to $5,000 for our Rise and Shine challenge! ☀️
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It's Giving Day! ❤️💙🕷️
For the next 36 hours, Spiders around the world are coming together to support everything that makes Richmond what it is – from our academics to our athletics, our campus to our community, and so much more.
Want to drop your pin on the map and show how #URHere for UR? ➡️ urhere.richmond.edu
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Desiree Stuart-Alexander, W'52, helped lay the groundwork for Artemis II's trip around the far side of the moon. 🌒 At Richmond, she was a @urhistory__ major and a @spider_hockey player. She went on to become one of the world's leading astrogeologists. (👈🏻 That's one of her incredible lunar maps!)
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University of Richmond Brings Javanese Court Performers to Campus
UR's Department of Music and the Modlin Center for the Arts are hosting an artist residency featuring Indonesian performer and UR artist-in-residence Peni Candra Rini, Balinese shadow master Gusti Sudarta, and musicians and dancers from the Court of Java.
University of Richmond Ranked by Peace Corps as 2026 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities
University of Richmond is ranked No. 10 among small-sized schools on the Peace Corps’ 2026 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list.
Three University of Richmond Students Awarded Goldwater Scholarships to Further Faculty-Mentored Research
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.
University of Richmond Professor Kurt Beals on International Book Prize Shortlist for Work in Translation
Kurt Beals is on the shortlist for the James Tait Black Prize for his translation of Jenny Erpenbeck’s Things that Disappear: Reflections and Memories.
Police accreditation assessment team invites public comment
URPD is the first private institution and is currently the longest running university law enforcement agency to be accredited by CALEA®.