The Department of English will host a spring homecoming in honor of Timothy Dow Adams and Gail Galloway Adams Thursday (April 26) beginning at 10 a.m. in E. Moore Hall.
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West Virginia University Hospitality and Tourism Management students in the College of Business and Economics had the unique opportunity to experience real-world training in hotel management while helping the West Virginia Tourism Office find ways to increase business in state parks. The students analyzed revenue trends of lodging facilities in state parks across West Virginia to determine how best to regulate proper occupancy rates and pricing regimes. Portrait photos of Daniel Berrebi, Sara Berzingi, Garrett Burgess, Tanner Filben, Anna Gilpin, Trevor Kiess, Savannah Lusk and Grant Robertson WVU’s top seniors honored with 2018 Order of Augusta, Outstanding Seniors award Monday, April 23, 2018 Eight students who collectively “reflect West Virginia University’s mission and vision” have been honored with the Order of Augusta, WVU’s most prestigious student honor. WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute WVU consolidates neuroscience research into new department Friday, April 20, 2018 In a move to help improve people’s lives through innovation in fundamental neuroscience research and education, West Virginia University will bring together some 50 of its laboratories to form a new Department of Neuroscience within the School of Medicine. Photo of Sheila Price on blue background Associate dean of School of Dentistry honored with 2018 Bucklew Social Justice Award Friday, April 20, 2018 Shelia S. Price, associate dean for admissions, recruitment and access and diagnostic sciences professor at the West Virginia University School of Dentistry has been awarded West Virginia University’s 2018 Neil S. Bucklew Social Justice Award. Photo of David Smith with his arms crossed in front of wood/neutral wall WVU student wins chance to pitch clean energy technology to U.S. Department of Defense Friday, April 20, 2018 Thanks to connections made by West Virginia University’s College of Business and Economics, an MBA student is pitching new technology—a wireless electric power system potentially adaptable to charging phone, computer, drone and electric car batteries—to two federal agencies. The relationship has also inspired a business to move to West Virginia from Alabama. No thumbnail image for this story Engineering student wins National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Thursday, April 19, 2018 Anna Gilpin, a senior biomedical engineering major in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources from Martinsburg has been named a Graduate Research Fellow by the National Science Foundation.
These workshops focus on traditional fiddle tunes and styles from the Appalachian region. Music will be taught by ear, keeping with the oral tradition; but sheet music can be provided upon request.
As a kid in Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, WVU Tech student Trevor Johnson learned how to shoot. His family and friends were avid hunters and target shooters, and Johnson himself developed a hobby in long-range target shooting. Safe and responsible firearm use was simply part of growing up.
West Virginia University infectious disease expert Judith Feinberg, M.D., will participate in a briefing for members of Congress and their staffs on Capitol Hill today (April 24), at noon in the Congressional Visitor Center. Feinberg is the vice chair of the HIV Medicine Association and co-leader of a federally-funded project to reduce the incidence of infectious diseases in communities hard-hit by the opioid crisis.
WV KIDS COUNT, in partnership with WVU Medicine Children’s and the WVU Rockefeller School of Public Policy and Politics, released the second in a series of six issue briefs on the well-being of children and families in West Virginia. This issue brief, “Accounting for Enrollment Success and Considering the Challenges Ahead for Children’s Health Insurance,” credits West Virginia for its Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) outreach and enrollment efforts.