WVU partners with NASA to launch state’s first satellite into orbit
High above Earth in the darkness of space, more than 100 miniature cube satellites, or CubeSats, orbit the planet in a silent ballet. The state of West Virginia is about Read More
Isaac Newton apple tree planted at WVU, a gift from Senator Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia University will dedicate the Newton apple tree, a direct descendant of the one that inspired Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity. The tree was awarded to retired Sen. Read More
Concord University to host the West Virginia Mathematics Field Day competition
Concord University will host the West Virginia Mathematics Field Day competition on Saturday, April 18. More than 200 students in grades 4-12 are expected to compete. The awards ceremony begins Read More
WVU announces inductees to Academy of Chemical Engineers
Two West Virginia natives and West Virginia University alumni, Kevin DiGregorio and Anesa Chaibi, have been selected for induction into the West Virginia University Academy of Chemical Engineers. The induction Read More
Wildlife and fisheries junior becomes the first WVU student to win both the Udall and Goldwater scholarships
At age 6, Hannah Clipp got separated from her family at the National Zoo. She had stopped to admire ducks swimming in a fountain long enough to briefly lose her Read More
NSF funds $14.5 million physics center, WVU professor named co-director
The National Science Foundation has awarded the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves $14.5 million over a five-year period to create and operate a Physics Frontiers Center aimed at Read More
Marshall School of Medicine researcher to receive national anatomy award; Marshall University represented by multi-disciplinary researchers at Experimental Biology conference
Maria A. Serrat, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of anatomy and pathology at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has been named the 2015 recipient of Read More
Shepherd's Dr. Jason Best named an ACE Fellow
Dr. Jason Best, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Shepherd University, has been named an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for academic year 2015-16. The ACE Fellows Program, Read More
Marshall's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine hosts 27th annual Research Day
Nearly 100 research projects and a keynote presentation focused on one of the region’s most pressing health problems, obesity, will mark the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine’s Health Sciences Read More
Steven Squyres will be next STEM speaker
Researcher, astronomer and the voice of NASA’s mission to Mars, Steven Squyres, will appear in Charleston on Thursday, May 7 as the third speaker in a series of STEM-focused events Read More