According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in every 68 children born in the United States has a form of autism. Children with autism spectrum disorder typically pay less attention to faces and other social stimuli, preferring to fixate on objects. Shuo Wang, an assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at West Virginia University, is hoping to find out what role a portion of the brain may play in this behavior.
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The January Science on Tap talk "Appalachian Storage Hub Study" is being given by Douglas Patchen, Director of the Resource Extraction Division of the WVU National Research Center for Coal and Energy. This talk is scheduled for Wednesday (Jan. 10) at 7 p.m. at Morgantown Brewing Company,1291 University Avenue, Morgantown. The event is free and open to the public.
The Research Office, in collaboration with the University Libraries, is pleased to announce the next WVU Software Carpentry Workshop. The two-day course will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 27 and 28 in the Downtown Library, Lower Level room 104 and is aimed at graduate students, postdocs, staff and faculty.
HS Innovation Center and the WVU Women's Business Center are hosting the next Lunch and Learn Jan. 10 at noon at Evansdale Crossing-Maker Space (EVC 442).
The HSC Faculty Development Program is planning roundtable discussions on Clinical Care, Research and Teaching for April 13 at the Erickson Alumni Center.
Men’s Basketball Coach Bob Huggins is looking to Mountaineer fans for their support to help him win $100,000 for the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment at the WVU Cancer Institute.