WVU Research Communications Office writer Laura Jackson’s book “Deep and Wild: On Mountains, Opossums and Finding Your Way in West Virginia” has been named the Book of the Year by the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia.
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The financial gift from the West Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association to the Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources will support travel and class supplies for students in the horticulture and plant sciences, and landscape architecture programs.
The collaboration with AESARA, a research and consulting company, will provide graduate students with hands-on training in this growing area while allowing them to consult with top worldwide pharmaceutical companies.
Melissa Ventura Marra, associate professor of human nutrition and foods, is part of a multistate research team awarded a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support women’s health and well-being as they age.
Water is many things. In the words of Jason Hubbart, “water is the circulatory system of the planet.”
Graduate student Ceili McCabe with the track and field team claimed first place in the women’s 3,000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships Saturday (March 15) in Virginia Beach, Virginia. McCabe is just the second student-athlete in program history to win an indoor title.