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Dr. Guo-Zhang Zhu, an associate professor of biology at Marshall University, has received a two-year, $148,800 grant from the National Institutes of Health for his work to study the processes of human reproduction. Research in Zhu’s lab focuses on understanding the molecular basis of fertilization and early embryonic development. He says that in addition to…
The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium, a program of West Virginia University, is proud to have sponsored the recently conducted 64th annual Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills National Competition. Automotive students from across the United States gathered in Dearborn, Mich., as two-student teams representing all 50 states engaged in a race against the clock – and one another –…
Dr. Monika Sawhney, an assistant professor with the Marshall University College of Health Professions, will give a presentation on her research of health care economics, titled “The performance of India’s health care system: Evidence from a stochastic frontier analysis.” Sawhney will give her presentation at the ninth International Health Economics Association (iHEA) World Congress from…
Scouting has come a long way from taking hikes and tying knots. Blood splatter and zip lining? You betcha’. West Virginia University will be offering these interactive forensic and outdoor activities to the 32,000 or so scouts swarming in from all corners of the country for the 2013 National Scout Jamboree in Mount Hope. The…
Theodore Streit, Sr. Vice President for Gaddy EngineeringCompany has been advised by the board of directors and the worldwide membership of the Society of Petroleum Engineers International that he is the 2013 recipient of the Robert Earll McConnell Award. Streit is the 20th person to win the award from the petroleum industry. The Robert Earll…
Concord University’s Division of Business hosted a professional development seminar June 15-16. The seminar was intended to help regional high school business teachers in West Virginia better prepare their students to participate in newly developed high school level statewide business plan competitions. The Entrepreneurship Teachers’ Training was held in the Rahall Technology Center. Interim Vice…