WVU welcomed more than 1,000 students from 50 K-12 schools across the region on Friday (Oct. 27) to test their engineering skills at the Pumpkin Drop event hosted by the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. Of the 243 pumpkins launched from the roof of the Engineering Sciences Building, only 47 survived the 11-story drop. Event proceeds benefit Ronald McDonald House Morgantown.
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Steve Miller, board-certified master arborist and certified tree care safety specialist for Bartlett Tree Experts, will discuss the care, transplanting and final relocation of the tree back to the Ground Zero site in New York City at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Percival Hall, Room 334.
School of Dentistry dental and dental hygiene students, overseen by faculty dentists, will offer veterans and active guard and reserve members free cleanings, X-rays as necessary, simple fillings and other urgent care needs based on the determination of the provider on Nov. 10.
Preston Woodburn-Camp, a certified registered nurse anesthetist who earned his bachelor’s of science degree in nursing in 2010, was recently introduced as the 2023-24 president of the 653-member West Virginia Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
With the aid of a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Charlene Kelly, of the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, will work with WVU colleagues as well as researchers from West Virginia State University and Marshall University on One Health WV to foster interest in STEM careers.
The WVU Libraries Research Commons has announced its upcoming online workshops.