News & Events

Solar eclipse and faculty expertise highlight media appearances over the past week.

Solar physicist Mike Freed will lead a team of 10 students on Aug. 21 to Nashville, Tennessee, to witness the first total solar eclipse since 1979.

Radford University was recently selected to participate in the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Transformations Project that will examine and enhance the university’s undergraduate research-based opportunities over the next four years.

The third time was the charm for recent Radford University alumna Shawna Hession ’17. After three student submissions to the American Advertising Awards – formerly the ADDYs – Hession, of Radford, came out on top in 2017 by winning a national award at the American Advertising Awards in June.

Radford University’s Waldron College of Health and Human Services and the School of Nursing has been awarded a two-year, $1 million Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA.)

Radford University economics major Michael Harris placed in the top 10 among competitors at a Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference competition held June 23-27 in Anaheim, California.

Philip Mongan, assistant professor of social work at Radford University, will be a guest on the With Reason public radio program, “Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings.”

A final project for three Department of Design students at Radford University provided clarity for their educational experience, where the students took home the top prize for a group project.