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Reporting students vaccinated

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Source: University of Richmond COVID-19 Dashboard

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Editor's note: Confidential sexual assault resources for UR students include CARE Advocates, which can be reached at advocate@richmond.edu or 804.801.6251; Peer Sexual Misconduct Advisors (PSMA), at psma@richmond.edu or 804.346.7674; CAPS, at CAPS@richmond.edu or 804.289.8119; Virginia LGBTQ Partner Abuse and Sexual Assault Helpline (24/7), at 866.356.6998; Greater Richmond Regional Hotline (24/7), at 804.612.6126; National Sexual Assault Hotline (24/7) at 800.656.HOPE.

University of Richmond students, staff and faculty gathered on campus Friday for a silent march in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault. The march, named Take Back oUR Night after protests in the 1970s against violence against women, began at noon on the lawn between the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business and the T.C. Williams School of Law and ended at the Westhampton Green after a student-led discussion.

GALLERY: Community marches in support of survivors of sexual assault

Trick or Treat Street, an organization that benefits the Ronald McDonald House Charities, held a drive-through Halloween event for local community members and families on Oct. 23.

GALLERY: Trick or Treat Street hosts drive-through event for local community

Indonesian culture filled The Westhampton Green at 6 p.m. Sept. 21, inviting passersby to the space with traditional food, coffee, music, dance and martial arts. The event was a collaboration among on-campus and off-campus organizations to highlight the diversity of the country that consists of over 17,000 islands.

GALLERY: UR community celebrates Indonesian culture at campus fair

A year and a half after an abrupt departure from the University of Richmond, the class of 2020 finally returned to celebrate its commencement ceremony on the morning of Sept. 19 in the Robins Center.

GALLERY: Class of 2020 returns to UR to celebrate commencement ceremony

Welcome to Our Web hosted Spider Drop, the first event of its kind to welcome the new semester, on Aug. 22 in the Richmond Hall Quad. The event included the Ignite ceremony featuring candles and sparklers followed by a projection of the Richmond spider being dropped down Boatwright Tower.

GALLERY: Community celebrates new semester at Spider Drop

Students, faculty and staff marched at noon on April 7 from the University Forum to the intramural fields in support of the University of Richmond Black Student Coalition’s demands outlined in the Statement on Black Student Welfare.

GALLERY: UR community members march in support of Black Student Coalition

University of Richmond students, faculty and staff gathered for a silent protest on March 26, 2021 outside of a Board of Trustees meeting at the Stern Plaza. The board announced on March 17 its decision to not rename Mitchell-Freeman and Ryland halls after the UR Black Student Coalition advocated for the names of Douglas Southall Freeman and Robert Ryland to be removed from the buildings.

GALLERY: Community gathers for silent protest at Board of Trustees meeting

Paint was placed over the names of Robert Ryland, Douglas Southall Freeman, T. Justin Moore, Jeremiah Bell Jeter, E. Claiborne Robins, Frederic Boatwright and Pauly Queally on University of Richmond campus signage over the course of several weeks in March. Black Lives Matter flags were also placed over signs beginning on March 25, 2021.

GALLERY: Paint, Black Lives Matter flags put on campus signs

A group of students who recently released a statement about Black student welfare on campus organized and led a widely-attended, virtual teach-in protest on Friday, which was intended to educate the University of Richmond community on the history of Black activism and promote the student coalition's demands for social and nominal change at UR. There was an attendance of more than 300 faculty, staff and students.

GALLERY: Students attend Protect Our Web teach-in

This gallery captures students who voted in-person at Jepson Alumni Center on Nov. 3, 2020. There is also a picture of an Election Day gathering at Marcus-David Peters Circle.

GALLERY: Election Day 2020

Richmonders protest in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. These protests began May 30. Live updates will be added to this gallery.  Updated: June 4.

UPDATED GALLERY: Richmond protests over the death of George Floyd

Over 500 students, faculty members and staff members gathered in the Tyler Haynes Commons at “No Room for Hate,” a community meeting called in response to the recent racist incidents on campus and what many called a “long-running culture” of racism. The event took place on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.

GALLERY: Hundreds gather for community meeting to speak about racism on campus

Recent Videos

After 34 years teaching journalism at the University of Richmond, Professor Mike Spear is retiring. Video by Caroline Queally and Claire Comey.

Mike Spear

Behind the scenes footage of UR facilities putting up the holiday wreaths. Video by Chloe Simpson and Rae Land.

University of Richmond Wreath Day 2017

Elsa Diaz, senior, talks about her journey to the UR Women's golf team and her love for the game. Video by Matt Monacelli and Sarah Raymond.

UR Women's Golf Co-Captain Elsa Diaz

Video produced by Thamine Nayeem.

Ritmo Latino Showcase, University of Richmond

This exhibition, which opened in the Lora Robins Gallery Feb. 1, shows a large span of turtle evolutionary progression with the oldest fossil in the collection being 150 million years old.

Turtles in Time: From Fossils to the Present

Watch the behind-the-scenes process of an art exhibit renovation at Richmond's own Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Video Credit: Briget Ganske ©Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Renovation of the VMFA's "Faberge and Russian Decorative Arts" Exhibit

Four Richmond basketball players reflect on this year's NCAA Tournament and discuss who they think will bring home the trophy when it's all over.

Richmond basketball players make their Final Four picks

Two international students studying at University of Richmond stopped in colonial Williamsburg on their way to False Cape State Park, where they challenged themselves on a two-day backpacking trip along the Atlantic Coast.

International students explore Virginia through Outdoor Adventure and Recreation Program

RCSGA and University of Richmond hosted a 5k White Ribbon Run on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015

University of Richmond's 2015 White Ribbon Run

In September, many women at University of Richmond attended Richmond's first Girls Fight Back presentation

University of Richmond Students Participate in Girls Fight Back

Richmond seniors will kick off the year with the annual senior toga party Thursday. But how does one make a toga? Jack Nicholson offers a step-by-step guide.

How to tie a Toga

Student leaders welcome new students to University of Richmond

University of Richmond Orientation Welcome 2015

Recent Podcasts

The courtyard of the Carole Weinstein International Center.

CONTRIBUTOR: How American Sign Language came to UR

The beast feeds.

CONTRIBUTOR: The myth of Triceragoose

The Westham Project: Moore and School Segregation

Graphic by Katherine Gillenwater

WDCE: Capital News Service recap

The Westham Project: Memorialization at UR

The Westham Project: A look at Freeman

The Westham Project: Ryland, Religion and Slavery

Graphic by Katherine Gillenwater

WDCE: Capital News Service recap

CONTRIBUTOR: Campus Culture, Part Two

CONTRIBUTOR: Campus Culture, Part One

Graphic of Boatwright Tower created by Nolan Sykes. Collage by The Collegian.

Beneath the Surface: Racism and The Collegian

Graphic of Boatwright Tower created by Nolan Sykes. Collage by The Collegian.

Beneath the Surface: Free Speech at UR