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Last year, Dr. Elmer Price, a professor of biological sciences at Marshall University, was awarded a three-year, $350,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant funds his research into understanding neurogenesis, the process adult brains use to generate new neurons from preexisting adult neural stem cells. Price and his student researchers have now discovered…
Mark A. Robinson, budget director at Marshall University since March 2013, has been named interim senior vice president for finance at Marshall, President Jerome Gilbert announced today. Robinson replaces Mary Ellen Heuton, who resigned to accept the position of vice president for business affairs/treasurer at the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Ala., effective Aug. 20.…
This year, the Tamarack Foundation for the Arts released the results of the first West Virginia Creative Entrepreneur Study to assess the status and needs of the business owners that make up the state’s creative economy. More than 500 creative entrepreneurs participated in the study, citing training addressing marketing and technology, business strategy, and finance…
Josh Brunty, a forensic science faculty member in the Marshall University College of Science, was invited by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to serve on a panel to help the organization strengthen law enforcement research. LEAP, the Law Enforcement Advisory Panel, took place June 21-23 in Washington, D.C., with the overarching goal of prioritizing…
Philanthropy West Virginia is accepting applications through August 5, 2016 for The 2016 West Virginia Spirit of Philanthropy Awards program, West Virginia’s premier award for philanthropy. “In West Virginia, philanthropy is not just about making a donation to a local charity, but giving that creates action that changes root causes of our society’s challenges. In…
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today announced West Virginia employers will see a projected $36 million reduction in workers’ compensation premiums in the coming year, and have seen a savings of more than $352 million since the program was privatized in 2006. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently filed a proposed reduction of 14.7…