The upcoming launch of the SMARTER center in the West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources will direct $1.5 million in federal funding toward the development of mobility solutions for transportation challenges faced by rural residents.
West Virginia University researchers are preparing high school seniors and college students to harness the power of ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence chatbot, through coding while addressing the platform’s potential shortcomings.
Empathy, hope and a drive to find solutions that will change their communities and the world for the better characterize the new cohort of Bucklew Scholars beginning their journeys at West Virginia University focused on building a more sustainable and inclusive future.
West Virginia University engineers are taking a major step into “bioelectronic medicine” with the development of MouseFlex, which will facilitate research into a technique called “vagus nerve stimulation” or VNS.
Raymond Raylman with the WVU School of Medicine Department of Radiology and the WVU Cancer Institute has developed a scanner which combines positron emission tomography and X-ray computed tomography. He and his team are seeking regulatory approval to test its performance on 40 cancer patients.
Over the next three years, researchers with the West Virginia University Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions will try to gain a robust understanding of where and why leaks of methane and other gases happen, and their effects on local air quality and global climate, with the support of $5.5 million in U.S. Department of Energy funding.
“The state of West Virginia University is strong,” President Gordon Gee said during his spring State of the University address on Monday (March 27). “And we will be even stronger in the decades to come, thanks to a concerted focus on what matters most.”
Supporters of West Virginia University donated a record $18.1 million Wednesday (March 22) during the University’s sixth Day of Giving. More than 8,200 gifts were made during the 24-hour online fundraising event held across the University system, also a new record.
West Virginia University supporters on Day of Giving, set for Wednesday (March 22), will have many opportunities to amplify the reach of their gifts through a variety of challenges scheduled for the day.
Breakthroughs and research expertise nurtured at West Virginia University extend far beyond its labs, experimental sites and classrooms. These public research contributions will be celebrated during the fifth annual Research Week, beginning March 20.