Virginia "Ginny" Thrasher and Morgan King were among five young women from theHonors Collegeto be endorsed byWest Virginia Universityto compete for three prestigious awards: the Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell scholarships.
A pair of researchers from West Virginia University have developed a new model to reliably predict the greenhouse gas fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane in coastal wetlands under rising temperatures and changing environments.
Emil
Czul (pronounced “Sewell”), a late West
Virginia University alumnus raised in Lochgelly and a 1950
graduate of Oak Hill High School, is making certain that future generations
from Fayette County will not struggle to afford college as he did.
The largest estuary in the U.S., the Chesapeake Bay is home to more than 300 species of fish and numerous shellfish and crab species. It’s also home to Vibrio bacteria, a food-borne infection associated with eating undercooked seafood.
Qingqing Huang, assistant professor of mining engineering at West Virginia University , has been recognized with two prestigious awards by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.
Two researchers from West Virginia University have received a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration to train miners for mine emergency prevention and preparedness.