Elizabeth Oppe of the Reed College of Media will present about how she purposefully linked service-learning between her courses at different levels. Join us Thursday (Nov. 29) from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the Blackwater Room at the Mountainlair to learn from her experience and consider how you may apply this technique in your own teaching.
Research
West Virginia University chemists have developed an experiment to improve the efficiency of creating new medicine. The research, conducted by Associate Professor of Chemistry Jessica Hoover and doctoral student Robert Crovak, was published earlier this year in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a top chemistry-focused journal.
Vinod Kulathumani, associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering, is part of a research team that has won the R&D 100 Award. The awards, known as the “Oscars of Innovation,” honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the past year as determined by a panel selected by “R&D Magazine.”
Maria Perez, an assistant professor of geography in the Department of Geology and Geography, led members of the student caving club, WVU Student Grotto, on a new study abroad trip to Cuba in May 2018. The students traveled as part of Perez’s National Science Foundation-funded field study to examine how and why Cuban and U.S. cave explorers and scientists, or speleologists, collaborate under tense political climates.
About half of all people with cystic fibrosis, the most common genetic disorder in the United States, die from a lung disease before they turn 40. A form of pneumonia called Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a likely culprit. WVU School of Medicine researcher Mariette Barbier is pursuing new ways to vaccinate at-risk populations against this deadly illness.
The Traumatic Brain Injury program at the WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities is accepting proposals for presenters at the third annual TBI Conference on March 6-8. The conference will be held at the Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels.