The Council on Undergraduate Research encourages all students to submit their research abstracts to Posters on the Hill 2022, a critical advocacy effort to urge members of Capitol Hill to hear the voices of undergraduate researchers and their faculty members.
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School of Public Health efforts to help track the spread of COVID-19 through contact tracing, mapping, wastewater monitoring and more played a pivotal role in West Virginia’s response to the pandemic. Yet, work by faculty members also emphasized the need for public and private investments in research, training and infrastructure to ensure better delivery of health care and save lives in the future.
Upon the WVU Animal Science Farm woodlot off West Run Road, Matt Kasson has taken note of the presence of a squirmy, whitish fungus-feeding millipede that hasn’t been officially documented in the greater Morgantown area since the 1970s.
A graphics processing unit computer cluster called “Dolly Sods” will enable researchers throughout the state to accelerate computational research in fields such as drug development, interstellar phenomena, biometrics, material design and business logistics and management. Blake Mertz, associate professor of chemistry, is leading the project, recently funded by a $1.1 million National Science Foundation grant.
The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is recruiting participants for several upcoming research studies led by Scott Galster. If you would like to be considered for one or more of the research studies, complete the pre-screening survey to determine your eligibility.
Peng Li, an assistant professor of chemistry at West Virginia University, has been named a recipient of the 2021 Young Investigator Award from Eli Lilly. This award is based upon Li’s outstanding research, publication record and the impact he has made in the field of analytical chemistry.