West Virginia Small Satellite Center of Excellence promises job diversification within the state

September 12, 2022

BY ERSHAD KAMOL West Virginia University has teamed up with NASA to develop West Virginia Small Satellite Center of Excellence at WVU’s Statler College of Engineering, with the aim to launch a small satellite and create new jobs. The project started in July and recruitment to staff the center is underway, said David Martinelli, WVU civil and environmental engineering department professor, who is coordinating the project, working with NASA’s West Virginia Space Grant Consortium. “We will soon hire a team of experts in areas like aerospace science and will hire contractors ...

Area offers many opportunities to continue your creative education

September 8, 2022

Whether you explore the arts as a hobby, as a viewer, or as a working artist, there are opportunities to continue education, build your network and expand your skill set. Morgantown offers a variety of workshops, instructional classes and single-session craft events for locals and artists alike. Explore the following educational options below to get involved in our community and enhance your creative practice. Morgantown Dance Offering a variety of dance classes since 1991 is Morgantown Dance, located at 5000 Green Bag Road. While Morgantown Dance does offer numerous youth classes ...

Off-campus WVU student tests positive for monkeypox

September 8, 2022

WVU TODAY A West Virginia University student tested positive for monkeypox on Wednesday. The patient, who resides off-campus, has been seen by health care providers, and is currently isolating and recovering. WVU Medicine Student Health will continue to monitor the case, close contacts of the student have been identified and are being notified by the Monongalia County Health Department and the WVU CARE Team is offering support. Monkeypox is a rare disease that is primarily spread through close, personal and/or intimate contact with an individual infected with the monkeypox virus. ...

WVU studies faith community nurses and mental health

September 6, 2022

WVU TODAY Faith communities aren’t solely places for worship and religion, according to West Virginia University research. They can also serve as conduits in addressing the mental health needs of congregants. A new study by Veronica Gallo, with the WVU School of Nursing, highlights ...

A tour of the former Mylan plant, and the vision of the WVU Innovation Corp. for its future

September 3, 2022

MORGANTOWN – The empty, quiet labyrinth of what was the Mylan plant is a reminder of the homegrown business that packed up and moved a year ago, putting 1,500 people out of work. But those halls are still lit, and gleaming. And an occasional klink or clunk off in the distance, a person ...

World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

September 2, 2022

The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Innovation Center is turning purple this month. The lights shinning down on the building most nights are to mark September as World Alzheimer’s Month, a global initiative to raise awareness around, educate, encourage support ...