During the first full week of April each year, the American Public Health Association brings together communities across the United States to observe National Public Health Week as a time to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation's health. The School of Public Health, an APHA member, welcomes faculty, staff and students to join us for a series of virtual events throughout the week that will highlight NPHW's daily themes.
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Join the Delta Sigma Delta annual “Give Back a Smile 5K” to benefit the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry Charitable Foundation’s Give Back a Smile Program April 2 at the WVU Rec Center.
The WV Health Care Decisions Act was originally passed in 2000 and revised in 2002 to add Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment, a medical order, into law. Despite scope of practice expansions resulting in signatory authority for medical orders with both advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants in 2016 and 2017, the WV Health Care Decisions Act has not been revised in full since 2002.
A WVU postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy has made a breakthrough in the study of magnetic reconnection, which could prevent space storms from wreaking havoc on the Earth’s satellite and power grid systems.
This talk introduces the Exascale Grid Optimization package, an open-source library for solving large-scale alternating current optimal power flow based problems including stochastic effects, security constraints and multi-period constraints today (March 29) at 5 p.m. on Zoom.
After shooting 5-under-par to earn a share of the individual title at the ECU Intercollegiate in Greenville, North Carolina, freshman Max Green of the West Virginia University golf team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.