This fall, WVU researchers will drill three miles into the ground to test the potential of geothermal energy. If successful, it might eventually help to reduce the carbon footprint of the University and decrease energy costs.
Research
The Research Office will host a networking event for WVU researchers across campus who are working in, or would like to collaborate with, research involving Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing on Sept. 2 from 1-2 p.m.
WVCTSI is now accepting applications for its K Grant Writing Groups (K-Clubs). These groups are designed for early career faculty and postdocs conducting clinical and/or translational research who are interested in applying for an NIH Mentored Career Development Training Award (“K” Award) for the February 2022 NIH submission deadline.
In 2020, WVU researchers would prop open a manhole cover, dip down a bottle to collect wastewater and then take it to a lab to analyze for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 (infected people shed virus particles through their feces). With the new academic year, researchers have resumed on-campus sampling. It’s part of a $2.9 million statewide project geared at developing a testing network throughout West Virginia and identifying communities of concern for COVID-19.
This fall, WVU Libraries will host the Intellectual Property Workshop Series, which will include an introduction to intellectual property, cover copyright, trademarks and patents. Intellectual Property is important to academics, innovators, and businesses because IP is developed by these people.
Just like the COVID-19 vaccine protects against contracting the contagious virus, the collective elements of self-efficacy, optimism, hope and resiliency helps inoculate employees from the negative effects of working through a pandemic, according to a new West Virginia University study.