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Cancer institute marks Pink and Pearl Day

WVU MEDICINE The WVU Cancer Institute joined organizations across the state to celebrate West Virginia’s inaugural Pink and Pearl Day Friday. Pink and Pearl Day, the keystone date of a campaign bearing the same name, aims to usher the momentum of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, celebrated annually in October, into November, which is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Just as the pink ribbons associated with Breast Cancer Awareness are more widely known and recognized than the white ribbons of Lung Cancer Awareness, breast cancer screenings significantly outnumber lung cancer ...

UPD warns about burglary

WVU TODAY West Virginia University Police reminds members of the campus and the surrounding community to be vigilant and lock their doors after a burglary was reported earlier this week at 672 N. High St. University Police met Wednesday with members of the Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity (not recognized by WVU) who provided surveillance footage of a man entering an unlocked door of the residence and stealing multiple items between 7:40-8 a.m. Sunday. UPD reviewed additional surveillance video from the same morning where the suspect was seen trying to gain access to 700 and 692 N. ...

Experts share information to prevent possible ‘tridemic’

WVU TODAY A steady increase in respiratory illnesses across the United States as winter approaches is leading health experts at West Virginia University and elsewhere to warn of a possible “tridemic,” widespread occurrences of influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus or RSV. Following two mild flu seasons, due in part to COVID-19 safety guidelines such as masking and social distancing, experts are predicting more widespread infection this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network is currently reporting the ...

Mountaineer Blood Drive

West Virginia University, it’s students and alumni, and the Morgantown community continue to celebrate Homecoming Week 2022. Thursday featured a blood drive with past Mountaineer mascots. More than 20 former mascots returned to campus for the Mountaineer Mascot Reunion, a three-day ...

‘Women, Work, and Activism in the Coal Mines’ virtual event set for Nov. 2

The West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC) invites everyone to a virtual presentation titled, Women, Work, and Activism in the Coal Mines: Stories from the Women Miners Oral History Project at 7 p.m. Nov. 2. Jessie Wilkerson, an associate professor in WVU’s Department of History, and graduate student Emily Walter will discuss the oral history project and what they learned talking to women miners from the region. The Women Miners Oral History Project aims to collect and preserve the life histories of women in the Appalachian region who entered the mines as protected ...