LIVES OF PURPOSE
How the South Pacific helped a Spider alum find new direction
An all-women research voyage to study plastics polluting the ocean became a catalyst for personal possibility for 2012 alum Lauren Hokenson.
Features
Arts
More than a performance
Extended time with guest artists offers students a meaningful opportunity for engagement with the arts, creativity, and possibility.
Academic Excellence
Home, in theory and practice
Ibrahim Alkaseer, ’26, is Richmond’s newest Rhodes Scholar. His academic interest in migration is deeply interwoven with his personal story.
Athletics
25 great Spider moments in the Atlantic 10
We look back on some favorite highlights as the University of Richmond celebrates its 25th year in the A-10.
Computer Science
AI’s vision problem
AI doesn’t ‘see’ the way that you do, and that can be a problem when it categorizes objects and scenes, writes University of Richmond professor Arryn Robbins.
‘Spiders on three!’
Weeks before graduation, senior Sophia Demerath left it all on the field with UR’s club soccer team as it took on VCU in an annual competitionbetween the schools' sport clubs.
Athletics
The art of the crossover
Richmond soccer player Marisa Snee steps off the pitch to test her skills in sports where a foot (almost) never touches a ball.
Academic Excellence
Generative AI is raising new questions for liberal arts education.
Here’s how the University of Richmond is helping lead the quest for answers.
Career Preparation
As students, these Spiders were first responders.
Four 2015 alumni share how their time with UR’s Emergency Medical Services helped prepare them for becoming the doctors they are today.
Civic Dialogue
I knocked on hundreds of doors last summer. Here’s what I learned.
Interning with a campaign gave senior Sophia Demerath practical experience with listening and finding common ground.
Spider Basketball
The coaches’ kids
Spider women’s basketball has one of the nation’s elite scorers, one of the top three-point attacks, and a panoply of other not-so-secret weapons. But there’s one intangible that might be staying under the radar.
Experiential Learning
A group of Spiders dug into Maine’s soil to solve a mystery. Instead, they deepened it.
Junior Ava Jenks tells the story of a trip to New England led by religion and American studies professor Doug Winiarski to uncover a long-lost, sacred Shaker religious artifact.