WVU research aims to increase addiction treatment effectiveness
Up to 20 percent of people with opioid use disorder may not respond to standard treatment. A new study at West Virginia University seeks to understand why. According to data Read More
W.Va. State University day camp promotes ocean exploration
West Virginia State University (WVSU) is hosting a free science-themed summer day camp July 17-21, entitled “Get Hooked on Ocean Exploration.” The camp targets students in grades K-2 with information Read More
WVU takes first place in Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition
West Virginia University’s Experimental Rocketry team captured first place in the 10,000-foot launch category at the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition during the Spaceport America Cup, held near Las Cruces, New Read More
Shepherd student interning in university president's cancer research lab
Shepherd University student Adam Hull, a senior biology major from Inwood, is the first recipient of the Robert Louis Katz Medical Research Foundation internship in Shepherd President Mary J.C. Hendrix’s Read More
Maier Institute at Marshall School of Medicine receives Benedum Foundation grant
The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine’s Maier Institute for Excellence in Prescribing for Elders with Dementia has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Read More
STEM Speaker Series continues with presentation on brain imagery
There have been extraordinary advances in understanding the brain, but how do scientists actually study the neurons inside it? The nervous system presents a fundamental challenge: it remains the most Read More
WVU professor’s patented system could save lives and make cities more resilient after natural disasters
Fear of the “big one,” a magnitude 8.0 or greater earthquake, has been fodder for cinema and amusement park rides for decades, but the reality could be devastating for communities Read More
Eleven Marshall students receive SURE fellowships
Eleven undergraduate students majoring in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields have been selected by a research proposal evaluation committee to receive Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) fellowships for Read More
FREE EVENT – ASK WVU MEDICINE: Breast to Brain Cancer – Risks and Research
According to the National Institutes of Health, roughly 12 percent of women in America will develop breast cancer at some point in their lifetime. While breast cancer alone is enough Read More
SCIENTIST SPOTLIGHT: DR. SANJAYA
Dr. Sanjaya from West Virginia State University (WVSU) is on a mission to revive West Virginia. Sound dramatic? Perhaps. But Sanjaya’s plant biotechnology research could prove to do just that Read More