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Season's Greetings from UR

Happy Holidays to Spiders everywhere — from your University of Richmond home. Watch this year's holiday video from President Ronald A. Crutcher and Dr. Betty Neal Crutcher. 

B-school ranked in leading publication's top 25

The Robins School of Business earned high marks in the third annual Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2018 rankings by Poets&Quants for Undergrads.

Innovating our approach to student well-being

With the new Well-Being Center on the way, coupled with a holistic approach to serving the needs of students, Richmond is at the forefront of a well-being movement in higher education.

Three UR students awarded competitive Gilman scholarships

The awards will support study abroad experiences for Azin Bahari, Dominique Cressler, and Ayele J. d'Almeida this spring and summer. Richmond has had 27 Gilman Scholars since the program started in 2001.

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At the University of Richmond, we’re ambitious, curious, and determined — and what’s within us here has an incredible impact everywhere. See why the traits within us are important for all that’s around us.
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Spiders are curious. Ambitious. Determined. And we employ these talents to create extraordinary results. We know that what we do here has an incredible impact everywhere.

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Event Picks

Jan
18
CCE Brown Bag: The Infinite Hope for East End Cemetery
12:30 PM - 1:25 PM
Speakers: Erin Hollaway Palmer, Friends of East End (FOEE) Brian Palmer, Friends of East End (FOEE) Location: Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) hosts weekly Brown Bag discussions, open to members of the campus and the community, from 12:30–1:25p.m. on...
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Jan
22
Jepson Leadership Forum: Zeynep Tufekci
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The Jepson Leadership Forum presents Zeynep Tufekci, Contributing Opinion Writer to The New York Times and UNC-Chapel Hill Associate Professor, for a discussion on Democracy in the Age of Twitter, Facebook & YouTube on Tues., Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Jepson Alumni Center. The event is ...free
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Jan
23
Tucker-Boatwright Festival, Southeast Asian Connections featuring Richmond Symphony
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
This evening’s performance features Debussy’s Pagodes and La boite a joujoux with a traditional Balinese shadow play, Evan Ziporyn’s Ngaben for Balinese gamelan and orchestra, Dewa Alit’s Open My Door, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 25, and the...
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Jan
25
A&S NEXT
All Day
You’re a Spider, so you dream big. You don’t want to land just any job after UR, but a purposeful career you’re passionate about. At A&S NEXT, a career program specifically for A&S students, we aim to give you the tools to understand your personal strengths and how you can...
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Photos from @urichmond

Caught us dreaming of a snow-covered campus. πŸ•·β„οΈ πŸ“Έ: @carolinedem_, '22Caught us dreaming of a snow-covered campus. πŸ•·β„οΈ πŸ“Έ: @carolinedem_, '22

Caught us dreaming of a snow-covered campus. πŸ•·β„οΈ πŸ“Έ: @carolinedem_, '22

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Oh hey, we didn't see you there. We're just looking through photos of fall at #URichmond. Definitely NOT trying to make you miss home or anything like that. #TBTOh hey, we didn't see you there. We're just looking through photos of fall at #URichmond. Definitely NOT trying to make you miss home or anything like that. #TBT

Oh hey, we didn't see you there. We're just looking through photos of fall at #URichmond. Definitely NOT trying to make you miss home or anything like that. #TBT

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Today marks the first day of Kwanzaa. Wishing our #Spiders unity and good tidings throughout the coming week.Today marks the first day of Kwanzaa. Wishing our #Spiders unity and good tidings throughout the coming week.

Today marks the first day of Kwanzaa. Wishing our #Spiders unity and good tidings throughout the coming week.

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All is calm, all is bright. ・・・ Merry Christmas to #Spiders everywhere. Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy holiday. πŸ•·πŸŽ„All is calm, all is bright. ・・・ Merry Christmas to #Spiders everywhere. Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy holiday. πŸ•·πŸŽ„

All is calm, all is bright. ・・・ Merry Christmas to #Spiders everywhere. Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy holiday. πŸ•·πŸŽ„

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You caught us πŸ™ˆ #Repost @hannah.elzig, β€˜21 ・・・ Woah there mama don’t flex too hardYou caught us πŸ™ˆ #Repost @hannah.elzig, β€˜21 ・・・ Woah there mama don’t flex too hard

You caught us πŸ™ˆ #Repost @hannah.elzig, β€˜21 ・・・ Woah there mama don’t flex too hard

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This week's #SpiderSpotting brings us all the way to Africa where @n_bangals, '20, showed off her #SpiderPride during a sunrise on the Sahara. πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™This week's #SpiderSpotting brings us all the way to Africa where @n_bangals, '20, showed off her #SpiderPride during a sunrise on the Sahara. πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™

This week's #SpiderSpotting brings us all the way to Africa where @n_bangals, '20, showed off her #SpiderPride during a sunrise on the Sahara. πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™

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Looking up and taking in the views during a quiet weekend at #URichmond. ・・・ πŸ“Έ: @alisonzhang_930, '22Looking up and taking in the views during a quiet weekend at #URichmond. ・・・ πŸ“Έ: @alisonzhang_930, '22

Looking up and taking in the views during a quiet weekend at #URichmond. ・・・ πŸ“Έ: @alisonzhang_930, '22

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Shoutout to @ballsooharddd, '19, for accurately representing our Friday winter break mood. πŸ•·οΈβ„οΈShoutout to @ballsooharddd, '19, for accurately representing our Friday winter break mood. πŸ•·οΈβ„οΈ

Shoutout to @ballsooharddd, '19, for accurately representing our Friday winter break mood. πŸ•·οΈβ„οΈ

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We're just as excited as you are! #Richmond2023 #SpiderPride πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™We're just as excited as you are! #Richmond2023 #SpiderPride πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™

We're just as excited as you are! #Richmond2023 #SpiderPride πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™

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#URichmond - inspiring holiday popcorn tins since 1830. πŸ•·οΈ ❄️#URichmond - inspiring holiday popcorn tins since 1830. πŸ•·οΈ ❄️

#URichmond - inspiring holiday popcorn tins since 1830. πŸ•·οΈ ❄️

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Celebrating the end of the fall semester with some winter break inspo. See you in January, #Spiders! πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™Celebrating the end of the fall semester with some winter break inspo. See you in January, #Spiders! πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™

Celebrating the end of the fall semester with some winter break inspo. See you in January, #Spiders! πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™

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At this special time of year, we celebrate our community and wish our #SpiderFamily a happy holiday season filled with memories and laughter. πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™At this special time of year, we celebrate our community and wish our #SpiderFamily a happy holiday season filled with memories and laughter. πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™

At this special time of year, we celebrate our community and wish our #SpiderFamily a happy holiday season filled with memories and laughter. πŸ•·β€οΈπŸ’™

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