Marshall University scientist receives National Science Foundation grant for laboratory equipment

A Marshall University scientist has received a $338,845 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to fund high-end laboratory equipment that will be used by researchers and students in biochemistry, chemistry and physics. The grant to Dr. Derrick Kolling, assistant professor of chemistry, along with colleagues at Marshall and the University of Charleston, was awarded competitively through…

Students from Raleigh, Mingo, Kanawha counties awarded Friends of Coal Scholarships

Three Marshall University freshmen from Raleigh, Mingo and Kanawha counties in West Virginia have been awarded the Friends of Coal Scholarships for 2012. The recipients are Marva Virtiena Lewis of Beckley, Christopher George Robinson of Chattaroy and Erinn Whitney Rodriguez of Gallagher. Lewis is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Raleigh County and…

Marshall’s Birke Art Gallery begins fall semester with exhibition of art by husband-and-wife duo

The slate of  Marshall University’s Birke Art Gallery exhibitions for fall semester begins today with a display of artwork by Cincinnati-based artists/educators Michael Stillion and Kate Labmeier. The exhibit will feature oil paintings and drawings by Stillion, and embroidered “animal portraits” by Labmeier. A reception with light refreshments will take place at the gallery from…