School of Pharmacy Students Receive Walgreens Diversity Awards

Two rising second-year Marshall University School of Pharmacy students have been awarded scholarships for their efforts to embrace diversity and promote inclusion initiatives on campus. James Frazier, from Louisville, KY., was named recipient of the 2012-2013 Marshall University School of Pharmacy Walgreens Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Award for his strong commitment to raise diversity and…

If They Build It, They May Win: WVU Solar Decathlon Team Readying For Competition

The walls are up. And soon enough, a roof will cover the log-style energy efficient house being constructed by a team of West Virginia University students as part of the international Solar Decathlon competition. Students have spent several months designing and building a solar house for the Decathlon, a collegiate design-and-build competition sponsored by the…

MIIR Scientist Awarded $293,000 NIH Grant

Dr. Jingwei Xie, a senior scientist at the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (MIIR), has been awarded a $293,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to lead a project to develop a technique that may improve surgical repair of rotator cuff injuries. The project will combine the expertise of two research groups at Marshall University.…