Highlighting notable mentions of Radford University faculty and students from local, regional, national and international news outlets. 

While interning at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in 2018, Sadie Friend ’20 discovered a “chomped chimp,” rare recorded evidence of leopards scavenging on chimpanzees. Her findings led to an academic journal article and mention in Discover magazine. 

From September 30 to October 2, alumni gathered on the Radford University campus to celebrate their Highlander pride and to come together as family.

If love is blind, as the saying goes, it probably doesn’t care much about romantic settings. Moonlit gardens on enchanted evenings may be nice, but you’re just as likely to find true love over a game of cornhole. Just ask Duncan Sandoz ’20 and Leah Stepp ’21.

School of Nursing Associate Professor Sarah Gilbert spoke to the With Good Reason public radio program recently about the Front Porch Project, which gives Radford University nursing students an opportunity to connect with the adults they are learning to care for. 

Radford University professor and director of Appalachian Studies and the Appalachian Regional & Rural Studies Center, Theresa Burriss, Ph.D., M.S. ’99, has been selected for a Fulbright grant award to Romania for the upcoming 2021-22 academic year.