Research

The WVU NASA program helps youth blast off into STEM.

Scott Schuh, associate professor at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics, discovered a stark divide between two groups of U.S. cardholders. Of the roughly 80% of adults with a credit card, around half pay them off monthly without interest while the other half use their cards to finance purchases over time.

A University doctoral student is researching household resiliency in the face of climate change.

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.”

At a time when the number of teens having babies in the Mountain State remains higher than the national average, maternal and child health researchers at WVU found these infants have lower birth weights and are smaller for their gestational ages compared with those born to adults.