Heart and Vascular Institute team leads national study

February 2, 2023

WVU MEDICINE A team of researchers led by Dr. Vinay Badhwar, professor and executive chair of the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, and including Dr. J. Hunter Mehaffey, assistant professor in the WVU Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, and other cardiology and cardiac surgery leaders from across the United States, has provided important clarity on the safety and outcomes of an important surgical treatment of mitral valve regurgitation, or leakage, caused by mitral valve prolapse. The mitral valve is the central valve of the heart, and it serves as a one-way gate ...

Celebrating women in sports

February 2, 2023

The West Virginia University women's basketball team celebrated National Girls and Women in Sports Day Wednesday. The team returned to Morgantown to square off against Texas for the first time this season. During Wednesday's game, the Mountaineers also celebrated the 50th anniversary of ...

WVU holds annual Day at the Legislature

February 1, 2023

Tuesday marked the annual WVU Day at the Legislature, recognized in the Senate with a resolution and in the House with a citation. In the Senate, WVU President Gordon Gee, Mountaineer Mary Roush and other officials watched from the balcony as Sen. Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia, presented SR ...

Fish Fry draws record crowd for Barkley

February 1, 2023

WVU MEDICINE NBA great Charles Barkley’s special guest appearance at the 2023 Bob Huggins Fish Fry was a slam dunk, scoring a record crowd and more than $1.8 million to support the WVU Cancer Institute and Remember the Miners. The fish fry, now in its 11th year, recorded its first sellout following the announcement of Barkley’s appearance. An estimated 2,700 people attended the event Friday at Mylan Park’s Hazel and J.W. Ruby Community Center to see Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame members Barkley and Huggins share the stage. Barkley and Huggins swapped stories ...

WVU receives $1 million Maier grant to help students ‘cross the finish line’

January 31, 2023

WVU TODAY West Virginia University students will benefit from a $1 million gift from the Maier Foundation aimed at reducing the number of students who leave campus before graduation. The Maier Foundation is a West Virginia-based nonprofit organization focused on furthering higher education in the Mountain State. Its gift will support a new retention effort called the Mountaineer Completion Grant Program and be spread out over two years. The program, which will provide financial assistance to students at risk of leaving the university in their final year of study, was modeled after ...

WVU student works in rural communities

January 31, 2023

Growing up, Stephanie Lusk always knew she wanted to help people. That drive first drew her to floor nursing. Now, she works as a West Virginia University Extension Family & Community Development Agent in McDowell and Wyoming counties, meeting people in their own communities to help improve health at home. “When I got to college, nursing was what I was interested in,” said Lusk, who is enrolled in the WVU School of Nursing Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program. “When I thought about my role models when I was younger, the strongest women I knew were nurses, and I ...