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Accounting Students Learn Through Hands-On Experience
Free tax assistance provided at UR Downtown and throughout region
Designs by Advocates for Richmond Youth and WILL*
Collaborative project addresses youth homelessness
East End Cemetery Collaboratory
UR and VCU deepen connections to historic African-American Cemetery
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
UR Downtown continues partnership with metroCASH Coalition
UncoveRVA: Archeology for Our Past, Present, and Future
Students dig into Richmond's history and archeological resources
Alicia Jiggetts, '19
Internship reveals the roles, both large and small, that keep state government running
A Conversation with American Studies Program Coordinator Dr. Nicole Sackley
A Q&A on community-based learning
Out of Eden
Class in slow journalism brings together different disciplines
Tax in Action
Accounting students build connections at UR Downtown's VITA site
Head Downtown Ambassadors
Colleen Egan, '17, and Miriam McBride, '17, lead efforts to connect University students to experiences downtown
Regina Cavada, '16
Partnering with local organizations shifts senior's perspective from global to local
Emily Onufer, '17
Bonner Scholar uses her Bonner summer of service and a Civic Fellowship to explore climate change in the South Pacific
Andrew Talbot, '15
Bonner Scholar reflects on the power and importance of listening to others' stories
Learning from the Dead
Interdisciplinary Education in Richmond's East End Cemetery
Transit historians
Students build an exhibit on the history of Richmond's public transit.
Public Art and Social Change
Beyond the walls of the classroom to a wall on Cary Street
Students launch RVAGOV, a hub for engagement in Richmond city government
Paige Schaefer, '15
Senior explores careers in the art world through internship at UR Downtown
Advocacy Days
UR Downtown is buzzing with energy while the Virginia General Assembly is in session
Aidan Sullivan, '15
Business administration and finance major returns to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to work for Mission Possible
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