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Richard A. Bajura, director of the National Research Center for Coal and Energy at West Virginia University, is an excellent source for expert commentary on issues being raised this week with the Chinese during President Barack Obama's state visit. He has special expertise in coal sequestration, which is a significant point of discussion with the Chinese.

Psychology Professor Dr. Joseph Scotti, director of the WVU Traumatic Stress Research Group, is an expert on post traumatic stress disorder and can provide expert commentary on psychological matters related to troops in the wake of Thursday's events at Fort Hood. He may be reached by email at Joseph.Scotti@mail.wvu.edu.

Living with a health condition can fill your mind with questions about its treatment and management. A new program by the WVU School of Pharmacy aims to ease your worries and answer questions.

L. Christopher Plein, Ph. D., an Eberly Professor of Outstanding Public Service at WVU, can address issues surrounding the public health care option. He is chair of the Division of Public Administration and also serves as an assistant dean for WVU?s Eberly College of Arts & Sciences.

On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Ms. Elsa Cole, the first and current General Counsel of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), will visit Morgantown to speak at the Erickson Alumni Center at 5 p.m.

Professor Carol Sanger, the Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law at the Columbia Law School, will lecture on "Abortion and the Visual Construction of Loss" at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30 in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom at the WVU Law Center.

Betsy Meredith Elswick, Pharm. D, is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the WVU School of Pharmacy, and director of the WVU-Rite Aid Community Pharmacy Practice Residency.

The renowned writer of "Rocket Boys" visited WVU on Oct. 6 for a guest lecture in an English graduate fiction class and for a book signing in the Mountainlair.

Dr. Ray Hicks, professor of forest ecology in WVU's Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, is a certified forester with the Society of American Foresters and an excellent source to turn to as West Virginia begins to explode in fall color.

World leaders, policy-makers educators and journalists are among those who will gather Sept. 24 and 25 at Pittsburgh's David L. Lawrence Convention Center for the G20 summit, a conference that will examine ways to stimulate the global economy.