WVU Parkersburg Entrepreneur Center offers free Maker Day event for cosplayers and pop culture enthusiasts

Clark Kent made changing into Superman look easy. It is challenging to transform into Iron Man, Boba Fett or Wonder Woman, but aspiring heroes and villains can find help at the WVU Parkersburg Entrepreneur Center during the 2019 Maker Day event. On Sunday, Sept. 15, from 12 – 6 p.m., the Entrepreneur Center (located in…

WVU researcher tailors first-responder app to improve stroke outcomes

Doctors have about three hours to administer the most effective treatment for the most common type of stroke. If they miss that window, recovery becomes questionable, and survival rates plummet. Amelia Adcock, associate director of the West Virginia University Stroke Center, is customizing an app that helps first responders in West Virginia triage stroke patients efficiently when…

Chairman Capito Announces Several DHS Grants for West Virginia

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced several U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grants totaling more than $8 million dollars that will benefit West Virginia. As chairman, Senator Capito oversees funding for all aspects of the department, including its many grant programs.  “As chairman of the…