West Virginia University neuroscientists have discovered a way to control how much zinc is released to specific locations in the brain. The essential mineral plays a major role in the organ’s function, including improving memory and lessening symptoms of some neurological disorders, but getting the right amount to the right place is key.
A dedicated family of West Virginia University supporters is strengthening academics at the WVU College of Law with a gift to establish a new professorship recognizing Patrick Deem’s commitment to the legal profession for more than 50 years.
Interpreting patterns in consumers’ credit card usage means understanding credit cards as two different products in one, according to Scott Schuh, an associate professor in the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics.
West Virginia University issued a Community Notice Sunday (March 16) as damage assessments continued in the aftermath of severe thunderstorms.
The campaign for West Virginia University student body president and vice president ended Thursday (March 13) as the Student Government Association Judicial Court certified Colin Street and Rozaireo Jones as president and vice president, respectively, for the 2025-26 academic year.
Efforts from the West Virginia University Office of Undergraduate Research to connect undergraduate students with research opportunities and faculty mentors are being recognized nationally by the Council on Undergraduate Research with its Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments.
Engineering executive Michael “Mike” John began his three-year term on the West Virginia University Foundation Board of Directors at the Board’s recent March quarterly meeting.
At a time when the number of teens having babies in the Mountain State remains higher than the national average, maternal and child health researchers at West Virginia University found these infants have lower birth weights and are smaller for their gestational ages compared with those born to adults.
Expanding on his academic and service accomplishments at West Virginia University, Cade Kincaid of Fayetteville will don the buckskins and coonskin cap to represent the University and the Mountain State as the next Mountaineer mascot.
Adults with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to misuse prescription drugs as adults without disabilities, according to research by Jeanette Garcia, associate professor in the West Virginia University College of Applied Human Sciences. She said the findings point to the urgency of curbing prescription misuse among adults with disabilities.