With more than 7 billion microorganisms in the soil, it’s no surprise we still have a lot to learn about them and their impact on the environment. A West Virginia University researcher is uncovering critical information about these tiny organisms under our feet, which although small, can have a huge impact on the environment.
Richard M. Goldberg, M.D., renowned gastrointestinal cancer expert, has been named the new director of the WVU Cancer Institute.
West Virginia University Libraries offers a rare book collection that includes works from William Shakespeare and Mark Twain. The collection now has a certified librarian who maintains care of the rare volumes and keeps an eye out for what more modern publications should be added.
An ineffective “top-down patchwork” of regulations will not save the United States economy from the next big and inevitable financial crisis.
Future psychology students will continue to benefit from support from the Barry Edelstein Student Research Award, endowed this fall by a $50,000 gift from alumni Joe (B.S. Business Management, 1983; MBA, 1984) and Sharon (B.A. Psychology, 1984; MA Psychology, 1986; Ph.D. Psychology, 1991) Older.
This is an all-too familiar site to frequent travelers. The plane you are scheduled to fly on has a technical or maintenance issue. The airline is scrambling to find another plane despite the fact that one of its partners has a plane sitting idle at the next gate. Thanks to West Virginia University Teaching Assistant Professor Pete Gall, that may be coming to an end for the world’s largest airline group.
West Virginia University has launched a new phase in its "It's on Us" campaign aimed at increasing awareness of sexual violence with three new videos highlighting the Title IX Peer Advocate program.
A study of methane emissions from heavy duty natural gas-powered vehicles and refueling stations by West Virginia University scientists at the Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions, recently published by Environmental Science & Technology, greatly expands on very limited data on methane emissions from natural gas-fueled vehicles. The WVU pump-to-wheels study is the first end-use paper in a collaborative scientific research series designed to measure and better understand the sources and amount of greenhouse-gas methane that is emitted across the natural gas supply chain.
Economists at West Virginia University indicated that the state's economy continues to demonstrate signs of recovery, as the Mountain State Business Index increased 0.2 percent in December and has posted gains of 0.2 percent or better in four of the last five months
Fast radio bursts, brilliant and intense flashes of energy that blaze for a millisecond and then disappear, have puzzled scientists for years, but West Virginia University astronomers are helping to find the celestial bread crumbs that will help lead scientists to answers about this mysterious phenomenon.