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WVU engineering school to host ‘Girls’ STEM Day’ next month

Framed as such, it could have been the premise of a science-fiction novel. The day Katherine Johnson and Anna Brusoe constructed a time-bridge, that is. Anna, we’ll get to. Johnson, meanwhile, was the famed “Hidden Figures” mathematician from West Virginia who computed the launch and splashdown trajectories for the Apollo 11 moon mission. Before that, according to NASA lore, she had garnered unconditional faith from no less than John Glenn, who wasn’t about to slip the surly bonds of Earth for his Mercury mission — until Johnson assured him that, yes, the numbers ...

Three university presidents join to oppose campus carry legislation

MORGANTOWN — Three university presidents have joined to oppose the campus carry legislation working its way through the state Senate. Ericke Cage of West Virginia State University, Kendra Boggess of Concord University and Mary Hendrix of Shepherd University sent a joint letter to the ...

W.Va. Department of Education eases teacher requirement

In 2015 in West Virginia, some 600 technically non-certified teachers were in front of public school classrooms. That number has now more than doubled, with 1,544 such educators doling out the lessons for the next generation of students coming up. The “technical” part comes down to ...