Attendees will hear from seasoned tale tellers from the West Virginia Storytelling Guild and learn how to communicate complex scientific ideas in a clear and engaging way.
Research
Jayla Boyd is investigating optimal times for chemotherapy administration based on circadian rhythms and permeability of the blood-brain barrier to help deliver drugs into the brain more effectively, while Lillian Floyd’s research is focused on ghrelin, a hormone associated with hunger, and its impacts on tumor cell growth and breast cancer.
As WVU repositions itself as a more efficient and forward-thinking system, Fred King sees the Mountain State’s flagship, land-grant institution weathering future storms and, despite a changing higher ed landscape, remaining a premier research institution.
The Office of Student and Faculty Innovation will host Jeanne King, innovative partnership specialist, as she discusses NASA regional resources and partnership opportunities from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday (March 21) at the LaunchLab in Evansdale Crossing.
This year’s finalists, both from the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, are Josiah Koontz, who oversees the University’s sheep flock at the Agronomy Research, Education and Outreach Center; and Crystal Smith, a teaching professor of animal and nutritional sciences who oversees the equine facility at the J.W. Ruby Research, Education and Outreach Center in Reedsville.
Basketball is more than the cheers of the crowd, the squeak of shoes on the hardwood floors and the hustle of 10 players on the court. What really makes that scoreboard light up is physics, and coaches at all levels can find the answers using technology that reveals the science behind shooting, passing and dribbling.