WVUH-East Jefferson Memorial Hospital Names Daisy Award Winner
Jefferson Memorial Hospital has named Cynthia Fraley, RN, a nurse in the medical surgical unit, as the recipient of the DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses for the second half of 2012. The award was given to Fraley during a recent ceremony held at the hospital. She received a certificate along with a sculpture called A […]
University Eye Surgeons Encourage Annual Eye Exams to Help Prevent Glaucoma
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine ophthalmologist Dr. Michael Krasnow and his colleagues at University Eye Surgeons are encouraging area residents to make the health of their eyes a priority this month as part of a national emphasis on glaucoma awareness. Researchers from Prevent Blindness America and other leading vision and eye health […]
WVU’s Festival of Ideas Returns to Focus on West Virginia’s Birth, Lincoln and Emancipation
West Virginia University’s David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas returns for the spring semester with Forest “Jack” Bowman, Jackson & Kelly emeritus professor of law at the WVU College of Law. His talk, “The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln: Emancipation & West Virginia Statehood,” will take place on Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in […]
New BodyWorks Program to Begin February 5, 2013
The BodyWorks Program is for parents and caregivers of young adolescent boys and girls aged 9 to 14. The program focuses on helping families create healthier lifestyles. The BodyWorks Program emphasizes parents as role models and provides them with the tools and support they need to create healthy lifestyles with their children. The BodyWorks Program […]
WVU Researchers Work to Track Nutritional Habits Using ‘Big Data’
Most people recognize computer terms like memory and data. But few have heard of the term “Big Data”. Big Data is a collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database management tools or traditional data processing applications. These data sets can uncover hidden patterns, unknown correlations […]
Davis & Elkins Launches Democracy-Focused Symposium
Davis & Elkins College kicked off its inaugural First-Year Symposium Monday, unveiling a high-impact, learner-centered educational model – and focusing on a vital concept in American life: Democracy. D&E’s Winter Term holds unique promise for initiating something so ambitious. A three-week ‘semester,’ Winter Term has always provided a means for focused, intensive study of a […]
