West Virginia leads the nation in overdose deaths, but distinguishing intentional overdoses from accidental ones is far from straightforward. To shed light on the matter, Ian Rockett—a professor emeritus of the WVU School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics—led a national study to examine interstate characteristics associated with high rates of self-injury mortality.
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The WVU gymnastics team returns home for the first time since January to play host to Pitt and Texas Woman's today (Feb. 11) inside the WVU Coliseum at 7 p.m. The Women's Empowerment Meet will feature special promotions and videos throughout the meet to promote women's involvement in sports.
The Big 12 Conference and ESPN have announced that the West Virginia University women's basketball game against Texas on Sunday, Feb. 20, will now air on ESPN2. Originally slated as an ESPNU broadcast, the Mountaineers and Longhorns will tip off at noon inside the WVU Coliseum.
In celebration of Black History Month, WVU is one of 63 universities selected to screen the documentary film “The Loyola Project,” which is presented by Northwestern Mutual and features the Loyola Ramblers of Chicago who broke racial barriers and changed college basketball forever. The Office of Student Success will host this screening Thursday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Mountainlair’s Gluck Theatre.
As part of efforts to promote an enhanced in-person or hybrid meeting and event experiences for West Virginia University faculty and staff as well as outside guests, The Erickson Alumni Center recently completed several technology updates.
Our local community has come together to raise 98% of the goal for the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties campaign this year. These extremely generous efforts are helping to positively affect the lives of so many. In one final effort, we would like to extend an opportunity to donate to those who may not have gotten around to donating during the WVU United Way Campaign, or to those who would like to give again.