William Walker—a researcher with the West Virginia University School of Medicine—is investigating whether the blood-brain barrier is more likely to admit chemotherapy drugs at different times of day. Chemotherapy’s effectiveness may vary with time of day, suggests WVU research
Research
A $10,000 gift from Dr. Bryan and Carol Whitaker established the Bouquot Scholarship for Excellence in Research. The scholarship rewards dental students from West Virginia for excellence and creativity in oral health research.
The Office of Undergraduate Research announces the Sixth Annual Undergraduate Spring Symposium will return to an in-person format Saturday, April 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Evansdale Campus.
Honored for their innovative work in the field of fast radio bursts utilizing the CHIME radio telescope, the international CHIME/FRB team will receive the 2022 Berkeley Prize for its dramatic progress on fast radio bursts. Representing the WVU Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, collaborators on the CHIME/FRB team include Kevin Bandura and Emmanuel Fonseca.
The space economy is on track to be valued at a trillion dollars by the end of 2030, according to Piyush Mehta, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at West Virginia University. Yet space assets–equipment that is placed in space such as navigation, weather and communication satellites that serve our society daily–are threatened by space debris.
Current and former graduate students, faculty and staff are invited to nominate faculty who exhibit the qualities of excellent graduate research/creative work mentorship. Nominations are due Feb. 9 by noon.