Head football coach salaries at top NCAA colleges have shot upward in recent years and WVU economists say that’s about more than rising revenues from college athletics. Their research shows colleges are paying big money for top coaches who can serve as recruiting tools to draw the best student-athletes.
Research
Graduate student Olivia Whittington spent her summer conducting cutting-edge research at the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory in Groton, Connecticut. She was one of only four college students chosen for her specific lab within the competitive Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program.
Mason Moseley, a faculty member in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected by the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program to travel to Argentina to research the political attitudes and environmental consequences of its mining industry.
A brief survey has been created to assess current researcher and student engagement with the various WVU offices that support research translation efforts.
Hasan Barbhuiya, postdoctoral researcher at WVU, joins a distinguished group of scientists, leaders and communicators recognized by the American Geophysical Union for advancing science.
Heather Stephens, director of the West Virginia University Regional Research Institute, has joined the editorial board of the Journal of Regional Science. One of the most highly-cited journals in urban and regional research, planning, geography and the environment, the Journal of Regional Science has been publishing original analytical research at the intersection of economics and quantitative geography since 1958.