Attendees took a trip “Beneath the Blue,” on Saturday at WVU Medicine Children’s 17th Annual Gala. The black-tie event was held at the Morgantown Event Center in the Morgantown Marriott […]
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WVU Heart and Vascular Institute surgeons perform the first fully robotic aortic valve replacement in the northeastern U.S.
Another first for West Virginia University. Surgeons at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute performed a fully robotic aortic valve replacement operation, done through a small opening in a patient’s […]
Study links PFAS in water to tooth decay
Children with higher concentrations of a certain chemical in their blood are more likely to get cavities, according to a new study by West Virginia University School of Dentistry researchers. […]
WVU researchers want to reboot whooping cough vaccine
The whooping cough vaccine for babies and young kids — called “DTaP” — came to the United States in 1996. That year, people were still using dial-up internet connections to […]
Driven to succeed: WVU’s Amina Kunovac overcomes obstacles to study exercise physiology
As a child growing up in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the late 1990s, Amina Kunovac thought she wanted to be a dentist. “I always loved going to the dentist,” said Kunovac, now […]
WVU grad student unites STEM and outdoor fun
West Virginia University graduate student Alice Morgan is on a mission to get kids excited about science and the outdoors. One of 10 recipients of a prestigious fellowship from the […]
WVU’s LGBTQ+ Center hosts Drag Queen Storytime & Show at the Gluck Theater
April Paris broke up laughing after her daughter, Ava, told a guy with a notebook what she wanted to be when she grew up. “A heavy equipment operator,” Ava said, […]
Drag Queen Story Time 2.0
Call it Drag Queen Story Time 2.0. To help the community celebrate its diversity and to encourage young people to read, West Virginia University’s LGBTQ+ Center will present Drag Queen […]
Magnetic pulses may help migraines
West Virginia University neurologist Umer Najib is researching a new way to treat — and prevent — migraine attacks without the limitations of triptans. Drugs called triptans are the “mainstay […]
4 W.Va. women awarded scholarships from WVHI
A WVU freshman took home the top prize — $1,500 — in the WVHI Scholarship Program. The West Virginia Housing Institute in Charleston said Lilly Ware, 18, epitomizes the outreach […]
