Coopers Rock State Forest Campground Remains Open Until Oct. 31; Reopens April 1, 2014

Fall campers are reminded that Coopers Rock State Forest campground will remain open through Oct. 31, and will reopen for the 2014 season April 1. The campground offers 25 sites with electric hookups. Twelve sites are designated for advance reservations. Children’s playgrounds are located in the campground and at various picnic areas. Located just off…

WVU Chemistry Professor Receives Grant to Explore Petrochemicals

Brian Popp, assistant professor in the C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry at West Virginia University, has been awarded an American Chemistry Society–Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Grant for his research on transition-metal-catalyzed reactions of petrochemical raw materials. The grant, which is offered to professors with research groups at institutions offering doctorates in chemistry,…