The holidays can be a difficult time for many, but for young people who have aged out of foster care it can be particularly rough. The MODIFY Program with the WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities (WVU CED) is accepting donations for holiday gifts to be given to youth ages 17-23 who have aged out of foster care.
WVU is co-sponsoring a community screening of the Netflix original short documentary “Heroin(e),” followed by a moderated panel discussion. School of Public Health Dean Dr. Jeffrey Coben will moderate the discussion. Panelists include Laura Jones, director of Milan Puskar Health Right; Dr. James Berry, WVU associate professor and director of addictions and medical director at the WVU Medicine Chestnut Ridge Center; Dr. Cathy Yura, director of the WVU Collegiate Recovery Program; Edward Preston, Chief of Police in Morgantown; and filmmaker Elaine Sheldon.
West Virginia University’s School of Dentistry fourth-year dentistry students have traveled throughout the state to bring healthy lifestyle choices to rural areas. Over the course of a year, dental students performed more than 17,000 clinical procedures.
WVU’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources will host representatives from Dominion Energy when it officially opens its new Natural Gas Measurement Laboratory. The laboratory was made possible thanks to a major gift made to the Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Dominion Resources and the Dominion Foundation.
WVU’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources will host more than 100 students, teachers and administrators from across the state for the Project Lead the Way State from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 13. PLTW is a nonprofit organization that provides science, technology, engineering and math curriculum and professional development opportunities to K-12 teachers. The conference gives attendees the opportunity to network and share best practices and meet current students through a project expo
In the month since actress Amber Anderson accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, a flood of accusations against the producer has opened the door for a deluge of allegations against other high-profile men, including Dustin Hoffman and Kevin Spacey. Accusations of sexual assault/harassment aren’t new, but the proliferation of women and men who have spoken up about their own experiences is. A West Virginia University expert explains why a victim may take a long time to come forward.
West Virginia University will be hosting the first eSports tournament and gamers’ paradise after-party. Students across the East Coast will play the most popular eSports game, League of Legends, for the Eastern Esports Conference championship. Both the regional conference and the ACEL were founded by current WVU Collegiate Gaming Club.
West Virginia University is hosting events from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. as part of the inaugural Day of Giving on Nov. 8 at the Mountainlair Food Court, The Market at Health Sciences Center and the Student Recreation Center.
West Virginia University is turning video gaming into a viable career path, as students are able to participate in focused programs through the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources in interactive technologies and serious gaming. WVU Libraries is hosting a series of events as part of International Games Week.
As the gap in U.S. incomes grows wider, and, according to West Virginia University experts, the federal government fails to address the inequality, it becomes more incumbent on states to enact policies that challenge “today’s massive gap between the rich and the poor.”