STaR Division

Faculty member elected to American Association of Anatomists board of directors

February 21, 2019March 21, 2019Marshall University, Newshealth sciences

Maria A. Serrat, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has been named a director of the American Association Read More

Marshall engineering dean reappointed chairman of national committee

February 20, 2019March 12, 2019Marshall University, NewsEngineering

Dr. Wael Zatar, dean of Marshall University’s College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE), has been reappointed as the chairman of the National Committee on Structural Fiber Reinforced Polymers of Read More

Physician named Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association

February 20, 2019March 12, 2019Marshall University, Newshealth sciences

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine announced today that Uma Sundaram, M.D., has been named Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), the nation’s oldest medical society dedicated to disorders of the Read More

Physician named Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association

February 19, 2019March 21, 2019Marshall University, Newshealth sciences

WVU oncologist researches new treatment for cervical and vaginal cancers

February 15, 2019March 12, 2019News, West Virginia Universityhealth sciences

Cervical cancer can be insidious. Changes to the cervix are often detected with a pap smear, but for those with limited access to health care, cervical and vaginal cancers can Read More

Through trees and ice: WVU geographer earns NSF award to reconstruct 2,000-year climate history of Southern Hemisphere

February 12, 2019March 12, 2019News, West Virginia Universitygeography, geology

Shifting storm tracks and warming climate have marred countries south of the equator, particularly Australia, in recent decades with drought-like conditions and less rainfall. To gain a more comprehensive understanding Read More

WVU researchers assess how a vegetarian diet can help prevent or control diabetes

February 8, 2019February 7, 2019News, West Virginia Universitypublic health

As West Virginia University works toward becoming the world’s first Blue Zones Certified university, a graduate-student researcher in the WVU School of Public Health is exploring how one of the Blue Zone Project’s tenets—eating an Read More

WVU Energy Institute director to testify before Senate Committee on Energy Innovation and Diversity

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019News, West Virginia UniversityEnergy, natural resources

James Wood, interim director of the Energy Institute at West Virginia University, is part of a panel reporting on the outlook of U.S. energy innovation to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Read More

12th annual AIDE Conference to be held at Marshall in April

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019Marshall University, Newscybersecurity, digital forensics, Engineering

Marshall University is now accepting registration for participants, presenters and sponsors for the 12th Annual Appalachia Institute of Digital Evidence conference. The conference is planned for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Read More

WVU researcher unearths an ice age in the African desert

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019News, West Virginia University

A field trip to Namibia to study volcanic rocks led to an unexpected discovery by West Virginia University geologists Graham Andrews and Sarah Brown. While exploring the desert country in southern Africa, they stumbled upon Read More