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For motivated students, nothing is more rewarding than studying a subject that precisely matches specific goals and interests. The Interdisciplinary Studies Program allows students to design their own majors.

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Two University of Richmond Students Receive Grants for Projects Focused on Human-Wildlife Interaction and Human Trafficking
Ngan Bui and Elspeth Collard — have each received $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grants. Projects for Peace is an initiative supporting college students on grassroots projects designed to build peace.
University of Richmond Student Researcher and Environmental Health Advocate Selected for Competitive Luce Scholar Program
Elspeth Collard, a University of Richmond senior from Alexandria, Virginia, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Luce Scholars Program. This nationally competitive fellowship is awarded annually to 18 graduating seniors and young alumni nationwide. Collard is UR’s second Luce Scholar.
Student-led Production Premieres This Week
Taking place on artificial turf in the Cousins Studio Theatre in Modlin, four University of Richmond seniors worked to bring Sarah DeLappe’s play, a 2017 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, to campus through a Productions Studies III capstone project. 
A voice for othersMelissa Diamond, '15, has been devoted to helping children with autism in refugee camps and conflict zones since she was still a student. Read her story.
Ashley Alex, '18
Ashley Alex designed her interdisciplinary studies major around her research in Dr. Lester Caudill’s lab.
A Peek into the Blogging Industry
Amy Littleson, '17, Megan Wilson, '09, and Katie Sands, '15, discuss their successes and obstacles throughout their journeys as bloggers.
San Diego native spends summer as marketing and advertising intern through summer fellowship program
Lindsay Stevens, ‘18, of San Diego, is interning at the Marketing & Advertising Design (M.A.D) Group through the University of Richmond’s Summer Fellowship (URSF) program.
Diego Leal, '15
Diego Leal, ’15, was the student speaker at this year’s Arts and Sciences Honors Convocation. He delivered the following remarks about his Richmond experience.
Senior awarded Fulbright grant to teach English in Kazakhstan
University of Richmond senior Kimberlee Laney of Gorham, Maine, has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant to teach English in Kazakhstan.
When My World Changed
On the Chaplaincy's Pilgrimage: Israel trip in 2012, Melissa Diamond, '15, visited the Princess Basma Center for Disabled Children. That moment, she says, is when her world changed.
A New Path
For Bianca Nikic, ’14, a natural interest in pop culture and experience with marketing and communications led to the creation of her own academic path: an interdisciplinary major in strategic marketing.
Ellen Wright '14
Senior’s summer fellowship in art therapy brings her coursework in studio art and psychology together.
Class of 2013 leaving distinguished record of international and domestic service, entrepreneurship and research
Among the University of Richmond’s 945 bachelor’s, 76 master’s, 33 MBA and 145 juris doctor graduates May 11–12 will be a business student who is going to medical school, an entrepreneur who designs and sells clothing for women with scoliosis, a law student who helped a woman and her child escape domestic violence, and Fulbright and Pickering grant recipients.
Senior wins Fulbright Research Grant to study indigenous healing practices in Mongolia
University of Richmond senior Aleah Goldin of Allentown, Pa., has received a Fulbright Research Grant for 2013–14 to study indigenous healing practices in Mongolia.
School of Arts and Sciences Honors Convocation
On April 9, the School of Arts and Sciences announced the winners of the David C. Evans Awards at Honors Convocation.

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