There’s no beauty premium in college football: Aggressive features = higher pay for coaches, say WVU researchers
Football was never intended to be a beauty pageant, and this study by West Virginia University researchers backs it up.
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WVU names 2019 class of Ruby Fellows
Seven students pursuing doctoral degrees at West Virginia University are receiving funding through the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows Program. Lauryn Alexander, Heather Baldwin, Elaine Christman, John Hansen, Emily Hughes, Alyssa Stonebraker and Nicholas Winch have been named to the eighth class of fellows.
Successful WVU alum helps students with major gift to his alma mater
A $500,000 donation from West Virginia University graduate Michael Manley of Morgantown will create two endowed scholarships for students in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.
Hacking off the hackers: WVU programmed to fill cybersecurity jobs with NSF award
When West Virginia University first offered cybersecurity classes in 2003, the gravest fear of a casual Internet user might have been opening an infected email attachment that erased computer files or reset their homepage.
A ten year partnership leading innovation in space exploration
In a private ceremony, the West Virginia Robotic Technology Center, operated by the West Virginia University Research Corporation, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center celebrated ten year of partnership and innovation.
WVU robotics team on top again, wins second NASA competition in 3 years
Persistence, combined with a bit of a gambling spirit, carried West Virginia University’s robotic drilling team to another first place finish Thursday (June 6) in NASA’s Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge, the team’s second top finish in three years.
Student in Guo Laboratory Awarded Prestigious Travel Award
Salvi Singh an MS student in Computer Science from the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering who works in the Laboratory of Dr. Lan Guo, as a Research Assistant was awarded the NSF Travel Award for her presentation at the 9th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM BCB 2018).
Senior design teams finish second, fifth in international robotics competition
Two teams of students from West Virginia University traveled to Oklahoma State University recently to compete in the 10th Annual Mercury Remote Robot Challenge.
Two named to interim administrative posts
Two faculty members in West Virginia University’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources have been appointed to interim administrative posts.
WVU partners with Google for Applied Computing Series
To be successful in today’s workforce, students need to be proficient at analyzing and applying data. Thanks to a partnership with Google, West Virginia University will now offer a series of introductory data science courses as part of its curriculum.