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Thousands of community members, university employees and students, and visitors from farther afield flocked to East Main Street in Radford, Virginia, on Saturday, Aug. 24, for the inaugural Radford Community Fest.

From now through Sept. 27, dozens and dozens of free events for students will take place on the main campus, everything from talent shows and trivia contests to prayer brunches and floating down the New River

Madelina Yates is working on research that she hopes will reduce the risks of suicide by victims of sexual assault.

Forbes.com recently selected Radford University’s online geospatial intelligence certificate among the top GIS programs in the United States.

Many Radford students of healthcare-related fields acknowledge that their empathy, caring and compassion for their fellow human beings motivate them to enter healthcare. That was certainly part of what motivated five Radford University students and one faculty member to travel to Cusco, Peru, in March 2024 for a service-learning trip.

Radford University is proud to announce the inaugural Tartan 5K: A Twilight Run. This glow run will take place Sept. 20 at the Tinker Creek Greenway in Fallon Park, following a scenic path along the Roanoke River.

Highlander Highlights shares the extraordinary accomplishments happening on and off campus through the tireless work and curiosity of students and faculty.

This month in Highlanders in the News: Former Radford guard Carlik Jones hits Paris as an Olympic athlete; Rachel and Roberto Santos discuss their work and policing models on a new podcast; 2010 grad Brixton Albert’s new golf masterclass is a hole-in-one; Melissa Clore-Taylor heads back to high school … as the principal; and word gets around about “four-plus-one,” Radford’s new degree fast track.

Her journey into nursing began in third grade following an emergency appendectomy, during which a nurse's superhero-like presence inspired her to pursue a career in healthcare.

About a dozen students taking “Professional Advancement in Tourism” have recently hooked up with local businesses to gain real-world experience.

Across this summer’s dozen Quest sessions, which ran from June 10 to July 16, the university hosted 2,101 incoming freshmen and transfers and 2,727 of their family members.

The 4+1 undergraduate/graduate program allows Radford University students pursuing a bachelor’s degree to earn a master's degree in just one additional year.