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King, WVU VP for research, named to board of national research group
March 26th, 2013Fred L. King, Ph.D., vice president for research at WVU, was one of four new members elected to the Oak Ridge Associated Universities board of directors recently. -
Senators Rockefeller and Manchin announce federal grant to WVU to study cell phones and driving
January 9th, 2013Senator Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Joe Manchin announced more than $182,000 for West Virginia University to research the impact of laws banning cell phone use while driving. -
Clements names Fred King WVU's vice president for research
January 9th, 2013The appointment was effective Jan. 1. King has filled the position in an interim capacity for almost a year. In his role, King serves on the board of directors of the WVU Research Corp. and chairs a new initiative -- the University Strategic Research Council -- which provides oversight and guidance to the Research Office. -
WVU professor researches population trends of Mojave golden eagles for protection of the species
December 21st, 2012Todd Katzner, a research assistant professor in the wildlife and fisheries resources program in WVU's Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, and his team will combine field work, genetic monitoring and population modeling to accomplish their goals. -
Brownfield "dream teams" honored for redevelopment work at Project Buzz event
December 12th, 2012A successful redevelopment program that uses a "dream team" approach to help West Virginia cities repurpose and reclaim blighted former industrial properties known as "brownfields" closed out the year by awarding a prize for the top project of 2012 and selecting a slate of community projects that will receive funding for the 2013 round of activity. -
Scientists celebrate expansion of WVU-sponsored water quality monitoring program
December 11th, 2012By dipping four sample bottles into the icy waters where the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers meet to form the Ohio River, a delegation of scientists commemorated the expansion of an award-winning water quality monitoring and reporting program that tracks the health of the river waters that serve the needs of millions of Americans. -
West Virginia University will be well represented as more than three dozen undergraduate and graduate students and their research professors will share aspects of their work at a prestigious event in Charleston where the director of the National Science Foundation, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller and a representative of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be featured participants.
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WVU researchers to showcase defense innovations for private industry networking initiative
November 9th, 2011More than two dozen private companies will get a firsthand look at how West Virginia University spurs innovation and research in the area of national defense. -
Researchers talk innovation and commercialization at WVU event
October 17th, 2011West Virginia University administrators and researchers rubbed creative elbows and learned about the University?s technology commercialization assistance services recently. The event also featured a prize for the best intellectual property idea for a new product. -
WVU's Office of Research Integrity and Compliance has been notified that the University has received five-year reaccreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs.
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In the last 54 years WVU has been affiliated with a national consortium of universities that has provided more than $1 million in research funding for faculty, post doctoral fellows and graduate and undergraduate students in 2010 alone.
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WVU to pursue research, industry commercialization links with Benedum Foundation award
August 3rd, 2011West Virginia University's focus on innovation and the commercialization of technologies discovered by its researchers is receiving key support from the Benedum Foundation. -
WVU energy efficiency program nets national recognition
August 2nd, 2011A West Virginia University initiative focused on helping businesses become more energy efficient is one of only four organizations in the U.S. to receive a Champion of Energy Efficiency award from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. -
WVU research funding tops $174 million for second consecutive year
August 2nd, 2011West Virginia University received a near-record $174 million in sponsored research funding in the most recent fiscal year, second only to the previous year, which benefited from a one-time boost from federal stimulus funds. -
West Virginia University has added two energy experts to the Advanced Energy Initiative national advisory board.
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NAFTC committee includes three with WVU ties; group helps educate America about electric drive vehicles
March 8th, 2011Roy Nutter of WVU's College of Energy and Mineral Resources, Gerrill Griffith of the WVU Research Corporation and Lanny Adkins of the WVU Fire Service Extension have been named to the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium's Advanced Electric Drive Vehicle Education Program Advisory Committee. -
Curt M. Peterson, West Virginia University's vice president for research and economic development, announced Monday he will retire effective with the naming of his replacement.
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Yon Rojanasakul helps cure cancer. Arun Abraham Ross helps make the nation safer. Both are internationally recognized West Virginia University researchers who will be honored as Robert C. Byrd Professors during an investiture ceremony set for March 15 at the Erickson Alumni Center. The ceremony, the first since Byrd's death last year, will also feature a special video photo tribute to the late senator and his life and work.
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Dean of University of Michigan's School of Public Health to discuss nanotechnology at WVU
February 22nd, 2011A nationally recognized leader in nanomaterials education and research will be speaking at West Virginia University in April as part of WVNano?s Distinguished Colloquium Series. Martin Philbert, Ph.D., dean of the School of Public Health at the University Of Michigan will speak in Morgantown at 4 p.m., April 15 at Fukushima Auditorium on the Health Sciences Campus. -
NAFTC names members to committee that will help educate America About Advanced Electric Drive vehicles
February 7th, 2011Gerrill Griffith, of the West Virginia University Research Corporation, and Roy Nutter, of WVU's College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, have been named to a National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium committee that will provide training, outreach and education about advanced electric drive vehicles to U.S. citizens.
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