Breaking News

Hope Gas will move into office space at WVU Innovation Corp. facility

MORGANTOWN — Hope Gas will be the first new tenant in WVU Innovation Corp.'s Chestnut Ridge Road facility — the former Mylan pharmaceuticals plant. The Innovation Corp. made the announcement Wednesday afternoon, noting at the same time that Hope Gas was acquired Wednesday by ...

Art Museum receives award for its Blanche Lazzell traveling exhibition

WVU TODAY The Art Museum of West Virginia University announced support from Art Bridges to develop and tour a major exhibition of the work of Blanche Lazzell, one of the most progressive American artists of the first half of the 20th century. A West Virginia native, Lazzell created some ...

Program that puts students from rural W.Va. on paths to success launched

WVU TODAY Maintaining a sharp focus on the unique needs of rural, underrepresented West Virginia University students, the Office of Student Success welcomes its first cohort of Mountain Scholars this fall. The Mountain Scholars Program is designed to create a culture of support for incoming first-year students from rural areas of West Virginia as they work toward academic success while also preparing them for jobs in the Mountain State. “The program will help our in-state students transition to college life, build a sense of community and belonging and develop a deeper ...

Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute expands Alzheimer’s research in latest trial

WVU MEDICINE The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) launched afirst-in-the-world clinical trial pairing focused ultrasound treatment with Alzheimer’s antibody drug therapy to a targeted area of the brain, unlocking new potential for the treatment of the disease. The first participant, a 77-year-old man from West Virginia, received the combination of Aduhelm (generic: aducanumab), a monoclonal antibody treatment that targets beta amyloid plaques as part of the FDA-approved trial. With the antibody in the patient’s bloodstream, researchers aimed ...