The meeting will be held May 16–17 at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place in Morgantown.
Research
“Conversation and Collaboration: a Town Hall Gathering of WVU Community-Based Researchers and Outreach Staff,” offers attendees the chance to learn about the range of community engaged research and outreach across the state, meet colleagues engaged in similar work, identify common issues and ascertain better ways to support each other in the field.
Internal climate migrants are rapidly becoming the human face of climate change, according to a new report from World Bank. Brent McCusker, a professor of geography at West Virginia University, has contributed to a study of migration projections in the developing world, including Ethiopia, Mexico and Bangladesh, to help inform government leaders of what to expect from future migration patterns as a result of climate change.
Professor of Resource Economics and Management Peter Schaeffer has been named a 2018 Southern Regional Science Association Fellow, making him the fifth named Fellow from West Virginia University. The SRSA Fellows program recognizes individuals with particularly outstanding records of scholarship and/or service to the Association in the advancement of regional analysis and related fields of study.
A cost-effective bridge construction system developed by researchers at West Virginia University has won an award for technological advancement from the National Steel Bridge Alliance.
Participants 18 years old and older needed for a research study conducted through the Department of Psychology seeking to gather information about attitudes toward older adult sexuality in long-term care settings.