New Student Orientation Gives Incoming Class Chance to Get Comfortable

New Student Orientation and Registration Sessions are held at West Liberty University throughout the summer and offer incoming students, their parents or guardians, a chance to get comfortable with college. Designated by college major, the daylong event includes everything from campus tours to lunch. But the most important parts of the day are the information […]

WVU Tech Launches Inaugural STEM Summer Academy for Girls

WVU Tech, with the generous support of Toyota and AT&T, will host its inaugural STEM Summer Academy for Girls this Sunday, June 28 through Friday, July 3 on the University’s Montgomery campus. The weeklong academy will bring in high school girls from throughout the state to learn about fields such as computer science, biology, pharmacy, chemistry […]

Marshall University School of Medicine and Cabell Huntington Hospital Announce Successful Treatment of First with Light-Curable Bone Stabilization System

The first two United States patients have been successfully treated with an innovative medical device through a clinical trial underway at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, in collaboration with the Marshall Clinical Research Center and Cabell Huntington Hospital.   The institutions are working in conjunction with IlluminOss Medical, a commercial-stage medical […]

WVU Field Laboratory Begins Monitoring Shale Gas Well Activity

After many months of preparation and preliminary study, drilling is set to begin today (June 26) on the vertical sections – known as top holes – of a science well and two production wells that comprise the nation’s first integrated research initiative on shale gas drilling. The science well is the centerpiece of the Marcellus […]

Congressman Alex Mooney Strengthens Oversight and Protects Jobs with Amendments to the FY16 Interior Appropriations Bill

Today, Republican Congressman Alex X. Mooney (WV-2) secured passage of two amendments to the FY16 Interior Appropriations bill. The first amendment will help strengthen transparency and oversight at the Environmental Protection Agency by providing $1 million in additional funding for the Office of the Inspector General at the EPA. “Under the current administration, the Environmental Protection […]