Less than 15 minutes after the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources opened its Coronavirus Hotline, the first caller dialed in. Since opening on March 9 at 9:30 a.m., hotline workers have fielded more than 11,700 calls — and counting.
As health care providers nationwide struggle to secure ample personal protective equipment to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Morgantown’s Chinese community donated $10,000 to help supply masks, face shields, gloves and more for WVU Medicine personnel on the front lines.
A self-quarantined Bob Huggins was a guest on a popular Pittsburgh morning radio show.
West Virginia University seniors Samuel Chico and Kyle Seese have an idea for low-cost, eco-friendly energy storage systems that repurpose retired EV battery modules from auto manufacturers. With a $10,000 boost from the John Chambers College of Business and Economics, Chico and Seese, the winners of the first virtual West Virginia Business Plan Competition, may establish themselves and their business, Parthian Battery Solutions, as the premier cost leader for residential and commercial energy storage systems.
West Virginia University’s Board of Governors was briefed Thursday on the institution’s ongoing responses to the coronavirus pandemic and background on decisions that have been made and are under consideration.
The Bucklew Scholarship is given to 20 high-achieving West Virginia students accepted to the University and qualifies them to be considered for the Foundation Scholarship, WVU’s highest academic scholarship.
Henry Brownstein, a distinguished research professor of sociology at WVU, says despite initial reports of decreased street crime, other types of crime, like domestic violence incidents, may rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic
The mask extenders created by the Innovation Hub staff reduce the pressure behind the ears, affording the user an increased measure of comfort. The Innovation Hub has made the directions for making the mask extenders publicly available.
Carla Brigandi, assistant professor of gifted education at WVU, says most high-ability students who have take-home assignments from their schools will finish those quickly, with lots of time to spare for other activities.
A Viet Nam war veteran turned to the WVU Veterans Advocacy Clinic for help with his benefits. Donor support helps make the clinic available for Lawrence Brown and veterans like him who need help navigating the Veterans Administration benefits structure.