The University community is invited to attend a colloquium presented by Paul J. Steinhardt, Princeton University, Thursday (Sept. 21) at 3:30 p.m. in G09 White Hall. Steinhardt will speak about "The Extraordinary Search for Natural Quasicrystals."
Research
Join WVCTSI and the the Department of Biostatistics for a hands-on introduction and overview of the R and RStudio statistical computing, graphics and data analysis system.
Discovering the art of waste: WVU English professor named a fellow of the National Humanities Center
Stephanie Foote is the first West Virginia University faculty member to be chosen for a National Humanities Center Fellowship.Foote is in residence at the National Humanities Center in Durham, North Carolina, for the 2017-18 academic year while working on her book about waste. In “The Art of Waste: Narrative, Trash, and Contemporary Culture,” Foote plans to examine the role of garbage in narrating the relationship of American culture to environmental crisis.
Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH, a nationally renowned medical oncologist and population health researcher, will deliver the 2017 Laurence and Jean DeLynn Lecture at 4 p.m., Sept. 21, in the Fukushima Auditorium of the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center. The lecture is open to the public. A reception will follow in the Learning Center Commons. The title of Schrag’s lecture is “Precision Public Health: High Value Strategies to Decrease the Burden of Cancer on the Health of Communities.”
Just one year after arriving at West Virginia University, physicist Lian Li is taking physics research to new frontiers. In collaboration with fellow WVU condensed matter experiment expert Cheng Cen, he is breaking the rules of classical physics in search of a solution to making computers faster than ever.
Representatives from more than 15 countries will head to West Virginia University Sept. 17-19 for the 49th annual North American Power Symposium at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place. NAPS provides an international forum for participants from academia and industry to present their research and development in power and energy with special attention to the latest advances and challenges in power and energy technologies.