Congratulations to Maura McLaughlin, the Eberly Distinguished Professor of the WVU Department of Physics and Astronomy, for being named one of Nature's "Ones to watch" in 2019. McLaughlin and her colleagues monitor neutron stars, and could soon detect gravitational waves created by supermassive black holes for the first time.
Research
West Virginia University continues to rank among the nation’s elite research institutions as reflected in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Only 120 of the nation’s 4,500 colleges and universities attain this ranking.
Loneliness is a pervasive health problem. Laurie Theeke, of the School of Nursing, has helped build a program to combat it.
The world’s forests are on a fast food diet of carbon dioxide, which is currently causing them to grow faster. But a researcher at West Virginia University, along with an international team of scientists, finds evidence suggesting that forest growth may soon peak as the trees deplete nitrogen in the soil over longer growing seasons.
The CITI training website will go offline Jan.19 to update modules for the New Common Rule. CITI expects to feature new content Jan. 20. If you previously completed CITI modules at WVU, you will not be required to take new modules until your current modules expire.
A West Virginia University Department of Orthopaedics research study is seeking participants with aches and pains from Berkeley, Doddridge, Greenbrier, Jackson, Marion, Monongalia, Wood, and surrounding counties in West Virginia; Fayette County in Pennsylvania; and Washington County in Ohio for a self-help workshop.