The Data Services workshops are designed to provide faculty and students training in data management, software platforms for data visualization and analysis, and finding data resources. To register for these workshops, follow the links attached to each event.
Research
All full-time faculty (tenure or non-tenure track) on the Morgantown campus are eligible to apply for The Art Museum of WVU Fellowship program, an opportunity for faculty and instructors from across disciplines to enhance their teaching and scholarship by engaging with the Art Museum’s permanent collection of more than 4,000 objects. During the summer, the fellow will receive $3,600 in summer research funding as they research objects for potential inclusion in the exhibition.
WVU School of Public Health Director of Accreditation, Planning, and Evaluation Heather Henderson has been appointed to lead the ASPPH Data Section, the professional development network for senior staff. As chair of the Section, Henderson will work with its members to support and innovate institutional research and effectiveness across ASPPH member institutions.
Astronomers have been surprised by the closest source of the mysterious flashes in the sky known as fast radio bursts. Precision measurements with radio telescopes reveal that the bursts are made among old stars, and in a way that no one was expecting. The source of the flashes, in nearby spiral galaxy M81, is the closest of its kind to Earth WVU professors Emmanuel Fonseca and Sarah Burke-Spolaor were collaborators in the study published this week in both the journals Nature and Nature Astronomy.
An information technology expert with years of experience in auditing, security and risk assessment has been named director of research systems and operational data service at the WVU Research Office. Rosemary Casteel will provide oversight and work with researchers and other stakeholders seeking access to research systems, data and technology.
A hands-on leadership approach empowers the next generation of researchers Training the next generation of researchers has been at the forefront of the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s mission since its inception.