West Virginia University will co-host the 2024 Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium and 15th International Mine Water Association Congress, bringing together mining, water and reclamation experts from around the world who will provide the latest updates on research, regulations and practices involving mine drainage, water quality and rare earth element extraction.
Two West Virginia University astrophysicists, credited with helping discover fast radio bursts — intense, unexplained pulses of energy, coming from billions of light years away, that pop for mere milliseconds — will discuss their research and discovery as part of their Shaw Talk for the University.
Pitch competitions at this year’s Bridging Innovation Week, co-sponsored by the West Virginia University Morris L. Hayhurst LaunchLab, will include the inaugural Hayhurst Invitational, an opportunity for owners of five West Virginia small businesses to impress judges who are leaders in entrepreneurship and investing with their visions.
West Virginia University will celebrate the University’s standing as an R1 institution, and its volume and caliber of research during the sixth annual Research Week from April 1-5.
West Virginia University will host a community solar eclipse viewing on April 8, offering an opportunity for people of all ages to experience the rare partial eclipse alongside astronomers. The free event is scheduled for 1:30-4:30 p.m. on the Mountainlair Green.
The West Virginia Public Education Collaborative, based at West Virginia University, and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation will host the sixth annual Focus Forward conference March 27 in Morgantown.
On Friday (March 15), more than 100 West Virginia University School of Medicine graduating medical students across three campuses — Morgantown, Charleston, Eastern — will participate in what is a national day of celebration when fourth-year medical students find out where they will spend the next several years training as resident physicians.
The West Virginia University School of Medicine will hold its White Coat Ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday (March 9) at the Canady Creative Arts Center. The ceremony marks the transition from textbook sciences to clinical care for second-year medical students.
The West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design will host “Bringing Focus to the Unseen,” the 2024 Entomological Society of America Eastern Branch Conference March 9-12, as well as a community outreach event called “It’s a Bug’s World” Sunday (March 10) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Evansdale Campus.
West Virginia University officials will discuss health care, education, economic prosperity, purpose and more during a series of stops this week (Feb. 29-March 1) in Upshur, Fayette and Kanawha counties.