Donald J. Horvath, longtime professor of animal and veterinary sciences at West Virginia University, passed away in 2011, but left behind a legacy of inspired learning that his family will honor through the establishment of the Dr. Donald J. Horvath Memorial Scholarship.
In rural states, access to advanced, specialized music education for high school students can be sparse. A new initiative in the West Virginia University School of Music is changing that.
West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins is back competing in the 2017 ESPN Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge. Huggins is competing against 47 other basketball coaches nationwide, all vying for the opportunity to raise money for their favorite charities.
Clay Marsh, WVU Health Sciences vice president and executive dean, recently announced the formation of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in the School of Medicine, effective Jan. 1. Vinay Badhwar, M.D., Gordon F. Murray Professor and executive chair of the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, will serve as the department's founding chair.
As a new semester begins at West Virginia University on Jan. 9— even with relatively mild weather conditions so far— it's time to remind the campus community about how the University responds when severe winter weather arrives.
A change in the federal timetable for gathering financial information has enabled West Virginia University to extend aid to 6,099 admitted students more than three months ahead of previous years.
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.