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WVU marks Research Week with events

West Virginia University will celebrate the university’s standing as an R1 institution, and its volume and caliber of research during the sixth annual Research Week — Monday through Friday. Events and activities will take place on the Morgantown Campus and online. Since 2019, WVU has annually hosted Research Week to celebrate its research enterprise and to inform the community of what’s happening on campus in innovation and discovery. “Research Week is a way for us all to pause and celebrate the tremendous amount of work that goes into being an R1 university and to say, ...

Experimental ultrasound treatments continue at RNI with new grant funding

BY MIKE NOLTING With a $2 million grant from the Encova Foundation of West Virginia, research into ultrasound treatments at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute to transform addiction treatment is moving forward. The gift was received during the recent record-breaking WVU Day of Giving. NRI Vice President Karyn Wallace said groundbreaking research will never stop and this grant will keep hope alive for patients and researchers locked in the advancement of the next trial phase. “They’ve been incredibly brave and are really behind our motivation to keep going, and ...