Sometimes, a kid just has to romp in her front yard. Even on a cold, rainy day. And even if said yard doesn’t exist … yet. That’s what 4-year-old Athena […]
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WVU Medicine performs the state’s first heart transplant
The first heart transplant procedure in West Virginia was successfully performed Saturday at the West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute on a 61-year-old man with heart failure. Michael Shullo, […]
Ax-throwing on today’s schedule for Mountaineer Week
The 72nd Mountaineer Week is underway at West Virginia University. Monday saw students and others try to see how many could fit into a Personal Rapid Transit car. The PRT […]
Talking research: WVU study looks at how cancer, immune cells communicate
Cells can’t text each other the way we can, but they can still communicate. One way they send each other messages is through exosomes — tiny, spherical “packages” of information […]
Mountaineer Week: University, community celebrate Appalachian history and culture
Wess Harris was working his table at the Mountainlair on Sunday afternoon when somebody walked up and shook his hand before wrapping him a bear hug. “So, how have you […]
WVU Medicine to host Project SEARCH open house Monday
WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital will host an open house to introduce community members to Project SEARCH and recruit for its 2020 class from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday in the […]
Caridi uses weekend off to follow family tradition
So, what did you do last week when the WVU Mountaineers weren’t playing a football game? If you’re Tony Caridi, the sportscaster who calls the action for radio, you did […]
WVU forms partnership with Chinese university
West Virginia University’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources formed a partnership with China University of Mining and Technology that will enable eligible students from China to study at […]
WVU Extension Service partnership provides oil and gas job training for high school seniors
By WVU Today Four hundred West Virginia high school seniors can enter a pipeline of future workers in the oil and gas industry through an industry-specific training program initiated by […]
WVU researchers studying how change in opioid laws impacts healthcare, drug crisis
WVU Today In 2017, West Virginia healthcare providers wrote 81.3 opioid prescriptions for every 100 state residents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The national average? Just […]
