Fourth Annual Urban Agriculture Conference Adds Track Targeting Veterans

The fourth annual West Virginia Urban Agriculture Conference will feature a new track highlighting agricultural opportunities for the state’s Armed Forces veterans. The two-day event will be held April 28-29 at Camp Virgil Tate in Charleston. The veteran track emerged as West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service, a conference host, expanded its agricultural programming…

Lima Earns Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

Fernando Lima, assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at West Virginia University, has earned a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for his work to improve modular systems for energy applications. The award comes with $500,000 in funding over a five-year period. The northeast and mid-Atlantic regions are home to an abundance…