Dr. Nadja Spitzer of Marshall University’s College of Science has been awarded a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. Spitzer, an assistant professor of biological sciences, earned the Read More
April 21-22, 2016 at Camp Caesar, Cowen WV. What is the Envirothon? The West Virginia Envirothon is a conservation education program and competition for students in grades 9 through 12. Read More
Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists – The Prize is awarded annually to one young scientist for outstanding life science research for which he/she was awarded a doctoral degree Read More
As a young boy growing up in rural West Virginia, I loved discovery. I was fascinated by the idea of putting two things together and getting something entirely new, how Read More
Charleston, W.Va. – The Division of Science and Research at the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission announced that Joel Sartore will join the Chancellor’s STEM Speaker Series lineup this Read More
Through WVU’s CREATE Lab ‘Arts and Bots’ program fifth graders at Mountainview Elementary School are learning about robotics, computer programming, and engineering-themed concepts of design and production. This innovative program provides the opportunity Read More
Photographer, conservationist, author, contributor to National Geographic and founder of the Photo Ark, he documents endangered species to show a world worth saving. Joel Sartore has produced more than 30 Read More
For the second year, Marshall University’s College of Science is bringing the Science Olympiad to West Virginia. The Science Olympiad, which organizers say is the “nation’s most exciting K-12 science Read More
Over the past 100 years every prediction that Albert Einstein made in his theory of general relativity has been directly observed, except for one. Now, on the centennial of the Read More
WASHINGTON D.C./MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the Read More