Katherine Lutz Coppock Establishes Oakland Fund
Katherine Lutz Coppock, great great granddaughter of James McNeil Stephenson, has joined her brother John Lutz in helping to preserve and maintain their ancestral home. This week she met with members of the WVU at Parkersburg Foundation Board of Directors to announce her gift establishing the Oakland Fund. In December, John and his wife Pamela […]
Marshall School of Medicine Researchers Review Thyroid Cancer Test for Efficacy
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine clinician researchers have published a review looking at the efficacy of a diagnostic thyroid cancer test becoming routinely used in hospitals and medical centers across the country. Their research study was published online in the January issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Medical Oncology. The review, which was […]
West Virginia Innovators have Opportunity to Compete in 5th Annual 2016 Shale Gas Innovation Contest!
West Virginia innovators who are developing or who have recently commercialized new products or services that have applicability to any aspect of the oil and gas industry should consider entering the 5th Annual Shale Gas Innovation Contest. Sponsored by the Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center, and supported through a grant from the Claude […]
Morgantown Social NetworX January Happy Hour at Mundy’s Place
Morgantown Social NetworX (MSNX) will hold its next happy hour at Mundy’s Place on Thursday, January 21, from 5:30-8 p.m. Mundy’s Place, located in Morgantown’s First Ward at Madigan Avenue and Mississippi Street, has been a staple in the neighborhood since it first opened in 1949. Mundy’s features wine by the tap, beer and hot […]
WV Elks Association Awards $1,000 Grant to Marshall’s Vets for Vets Program
The West Virginia Elks Association recently donated $1,000 to Marshall University’s Veterans for Veterans, a student organization composed of student veterans whose mission is to engage veterans and the community at large. The grant follows the organization’s partnership with the Elks for a successful tailgate Nov. 14, which hosted about 65 homeless veterans for Marshall’s […]
Teacher Training, Classroom Kits Enable Inquiry-Based Learning
Throughout 2016, Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab Satellite Network will launch an educational project called Nearby Nature that will enable middle- and high-school students in Pennsylvania and West Virginia to study scientific phenomena in almost any outdoor space, in both built and natural settings. Sponsored by the Benedum Foundation with additional funding from Chevron, Nearby […]
