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Demand for locally-grown fruits and vegetables has increased and a new study of West Virginia’s food systems shows that the state has the potential to expand and profit from farming. The West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition enlisted the help of the West Virginia University Extension Service, WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and…
Michael Perone, Ph.D., has been named the associate dean for faculty in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University. The associate dean for faculty is part of the senior leadership team in the Eberly College, and is responsible for a large number of faculty related processes ranging from hiring and mentoring…
A leading scholar in the field of green science will examine the intersection between ever-advancing technology and our increasingly delicate environment during a lecture hosted by West Virginia University. Terry Collins, the Teresa Heinz Professor of Green Chemistry and Director of the Institute for Green Science at Carnegie Mellon University, will speak on “A Code…
In October 2012, Medicare implemented a new Hospitals Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program established by the Affordable Care Act to reward hospitals that provide high quality care for their inpatients. The national VBP results have been recently published, and West Virginia Hospitals-East’s City Hospital in Martinsburg received the highest score among all West Virginia hospitals for…
In three days, John Watson turns 94. In those years, his fight for civil rights has been more about staying steady when the storms blow than about causing one. One of the hardest times for him to stand tall in the face of racism and segregation was during the time he served on the all-black…
Sarah Cordonier has been interested in “going green” for a while now. She tries to be friendly to the planet because she knows her actions have an impact on the environment. Little did she know they would also make her a winner at West Virginia University. Cordonier is the first individual Ecolympian crowned in the…