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Lindsay Deel calls the Chesapeake Bay region home, a home she’s working to protect from ecological collapse. Deel, who grew up in Hampton, Va., is using her work as a graduate research assistant in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University to safeguard the bay’s ecology. She recently received funding to continue…
Lowe Del G. Aviles, International Student Liaison at Davis & Elkins College, was among presenters at a NAFSA: Association of International Educators forum that focused on how institutions and staff can successfully work with and respond to the diversity of Pakistani students studying in the United States. According to the Institute of International Education’s 2011…
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…