Lorimer, McLaughlin recognized at campus event with Gov. Justice

Gov. Jim Justice visited the Morgantown Campus Monday (June 24) to present Duncan Lorimer, a 2024 Fellow of the Royal Society, and Maura McLauglin, a new member of the National Academy of Sciences, with Distinguished West Virginian awards.

Lorimer and McLaughlin, internally renowned astrophysicists and professors in physics and astronomy in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, are also recipients of the Shaw Prize, the ‘Nobel of the East.’

Watch the event.

Additional news coverage:

WDTV-TV

https://www.wdtv.com/2024/06/24/governor-justice-honors-two-wvu-astrophysicists-with-prestigious-award/

WV MetroNews

https://wvmetronews.com/2024/06/24/newest-distinguished-west-virginians-recognized-by-gov-justice-monday/

Dominion Post

https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/06/24/gov-justice-presents-two-wvu-astrophysicists-with-distinguished-west-virginian-awards/

Forbes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRmaN2EV45c

West Virginia Press Association

https://wvpress.org/wvpa-sharing/two-wvu-astrophysicists-named-distinguished-mountaineers-for-their-contributions-to-the-scientific-community/