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For the second straight year, the Mountaineer Robotics team from West Virginia University has been selected to participate in the Robo-Ops competition to be held at NASA’s Johnson Space Center’s Rock Yard. The event is scheduled for June, 2013. This year’s team will be partnering with students from Bluefield State College. Joining WVU in this…
City Hospital’s Nurse Work Life Council named Shelley Palkovic, RN, a registered nurse in the obstetrics unit at City Hospital, as the recipient of the DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses for the third quarter 2012. The award was presented to Palkovic during a recent ceremony at the hospital. She received a certificate along with a…
Carissa Dunn, a senior biology and chemistry double major at Davis & Elkins College, recently presented a research poster at the 2012 Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science in Seattle, Washington. Dunn was selected to participate in the conference entitled “Science, Technology, and Diversity for a Healthy World” after completing a…
With the help of a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, a team of West Virginia University researchers hopes to gain insight into the demography of golden eagles in California’s Mojave Desert and accurately predict their population trends. Todd Katzner, a research assistant professor in the wildlife and fisheries…
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from West Virginia University was recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to explore economic and environmental impacts of wood biomass utilization in rural central Appalachia. The almost $350,000 award is part of $10 million in research grants awarded by the USDA to spur production of bioenergy…
The employees and students of West Liberty University took a lesson from Santa Claus as they purchased and wrapped gifts for community children this holiday season. “Our Christmas Wish Tree offered our campus community a chance to give a gift to those in need as we took part in buying and giving gifts to local…