Woody Thrasher will continue to serve as chairman of the West Virginia University Alumni Association Board of Directors while serving as West Virginia secretary of commerce. His current term leading the alumni association is set to expire in June 2017.
As 2016 comes to a close, we're reflecting on some of West Virginia University's most memorable moments of the year.
More than $6 million remaining in a court settlement account has been transferred to West Virginia University and Marshall University. The funds were split equally between the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute at WVU and the Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health at Marshall under a court order issued by Judge David W. Hummel of Marshall County, West Virginia, in late November.
Michael McCawley, interim chair of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences has co-authored a study on the effects of the noise levels of hydraulic fracturing on health outcomes, including annoyance, sleep disturbance and cardiovascular health.
Life Amplified World Tour: Live at WVU is the new live concert DVD and CD from multi-platinum country superstar, Brad Paisley, which will be released Friday, December 23. Paisley returned to his roots by going home to West Virginia for a special outdoor concert at West Virginia University.
Gina M. Baugh, Pharm.D., associate professor and director of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, has been named director of interprofessional education for the WVU Health Sciences Center.
Policymakers, researchers and journalists alike will soon have access to roughly 4.2 million state government decisions in a single database. West Virginia University political science researcher, William Franko, a professor in the Rockefeller School of Politics and Policy, is part of a research team collecting every legislative bill, executive rule and judicial decision across all 50 states, some dating back to the 1950s.
Celebrate the holiday season with a Winter Lights Buffet and Breakfast with Santa at West Virginia University Jackson's Mill near Weston.
A West Virginia University mathematics researcher has developed an algorithm to mobilize unmanned aerial vehicles in team missions.
The West Virginia University College of Education and Human Services has received a $1 million gift, the largest single private donation ever made to the college, to support the WVU Child Development Laboratory, better known as the WVU Nursery School.