Ali Rezai, M.D., executive chair, vice president and associate dean of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, has been appointed the John D. Rockefeller IV Chair in Neuroscience at West Virginia University. An investiture ceremony will be held on April 16 at 4 p.m. in the Pylons Lobby of the WVU Health Sciences Center. A reception will follow.
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WVU Cancer Institute Director Richard Goldberg, MD, will be the keynote speaker on Sunday (March 18) at the Fight Colorectal Cancer Educational Summit, a three-day event, where colon and rectal cancer survivors, caregivers and loved ones from all over the US unite to make their voices heard in Washington, DC.
Ian B.K. Martin, M.D., M.B.A., professor and chair of the Department Emergency Medicine and professor in the Department of Medicine, was recently elected President-Elect of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)—the premier organization representing the researchers and educators in Emergency Medicine. He will soon complete a one-year term as Secretary-Treasurer of the Society.
A West Virginia University study has found that the Mountain State will see a brighter picture for its manufacturing industry in the near future, but that many manufacturers in West Virginia need to adapt to “Smart Manufacturing” to help make the industry more efficient and profitable.
The women's basketball will start the 2018 Postseason WNIT today (March 15) when the Mountaineers welcome Bucknell to the WVU Coliseum in a first-round matchup. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. EST.
The latest edition of Under the Dome, which includes a wrap-up of the 2018 WV Legislative session, is now available. You can read archived issues of Under the Dome on the Government Relations website.