US EPA awards $2.8M in brownfields funding to West Virginia communities

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) announced $2.8 million in brownfields grants to revitalize former industrial and commercial sites and promote economic development in West Virginia. With the help of the West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Centers at Marshall University and West Virginia University, six municipalities and organizations received grants to assess, clean up…

Burton, Datin, Holley and Roberts to join MU’s Lewis College of Business Hall of Fame

Marshall University’s Lewis College of Business Advisory Board has voted four highly successful business leaders into the college’s Hall of Fame. The 2018 Hall of Fame inductees are Greg Burton, Jim Datin, Joe Holley and Steve Roberts. Greg Burton has been executive chair of Motorists Insurance Group since its affiliation with BrickStreet Mutual, which closed…

WVU Heart and Vascular Institute study uses artificial intelligence with novel ECG waveforms for early heart disease detection

A recent study led by Partho Sengupta, M.D., chief of Cardiology and chair of cardiac innovation at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, suggests that signal processed electrocardiography (ECG) when combined with artificial intelligence can detect cardiac disease in its early stages. The study evaluated the use of ECG for predicting abnormal myocardial relaxation, an…