Javier McCoy, who currently oversees campus-wide initiatives in the role of assistant director of Inclusive Leadership and Intercultural Engagement in the Division of Student Life’s Student Engagement unit, will become the Center's interim director as Marjorie Fuller retires this summer.
Azeem Khan, a West Virginia University student from Charleston committed to public service, has been awarded the Truman Scholarship, the nation’s top graduate fellowship award for aspiring public service leaders.
Researchers at West Virginia University will continue to develop and advance their pioneering method to extract and separate rare earth elements and critical minerals from acid mine drainage and coal waste, courtesy of $8 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.
A pair of WVU researchers, Amy Welsh and Chris Rota with the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, are studying the habits and habitats of two West Virginia lagomorphs: the Appalachian cottontail and the snowshoe hare.
Researchers at West Virginia University suggest dental professionals could be key to raising awareness about the serious health risks associated with colorful detergent pods commonly used for household chores.
The key to insect success may be their wings. That’s what West Virginia University researcher Terry Gullion, professor of chemistry in the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, has learned by studying the chemical composition of insect wings — something that has not been examined in detail until now.
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.
Satellites and spacecraft are running on empty due to a worldwide shortage of traditional propulsion fuels. In response, two West Virginia University researchers are seeking alternative ways of powering the thrusters that keep satellites in orbit and could potentially drive deep space vessels.
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.