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WVU Medicine celebrates West Virginia Donor Day

WVU MEDICINE WVU Medicine joined Donate Life West Virginia and organizations around the state in celebration of West Virginia Donor Day on Monday. Hundreds of West Virginians are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. In West Virginia and across the country, there is a critical shortage of registered organ donors. West Virginia Donor Day is celebrated on Aug. 1 each year in recognition of the eight lives that can be saved by one organ donor. With about 500 West Virginians and more than 100,000 individuals nationally currently on the transplant waiting list, the need for ...

Ruby Fellows chosen for research funding

WVU TODAY Driven by a shared passion for scientific discovery, four promising researchers pursuing doctoral degrees at West Virginia University are receiving funding from the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows Program to support their studies. This year’s Ruby Fellows are Cameron Wilson, ...

Get your hands dirty: Organic field day set for Aug. 27

West Virginia University will celebrate pioneering work in organic farming during its Organic Field Day from 3–7 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Organic Research, Education and Outreach Center. The WVU Organic Research, Education and Outreach Center compares organic farming systems to assist growers ...

WVU president Gordon Gee in Charleston for tour stop

West Virginia University President Gordon Gee wraps up a three-county tour today in Kanawha County. He was to be in Pocahontas County last week, but that stop had to be postponed and will be rescheduled later this year. Joining Gee on the tour are Jorge Atiles, dean of Extension and ...

Fear of discrimination can impact workplace performance

Employees likely to hide their mental illness diagnoses Incompetent. Lazy. Crazy. Organizational psychologist and West Virginia University researcher Kayla Follmer said these are just a few of the stereotypes employees with mental illnesses face in the workplace. “There’s still a considerable amount of stigma associated with mental illness,” Follmer said. “Even a lot of researchers unwittingly attribute employees’ negative outcomes to mental illness.” Follmer’s work, though, suggests that’s not the case. In a paper published in Group and Organization ...

WVU student pharmacist recognized nationally for mental health research

A West Virginia University student pharmacist is one of 29 college students in the country to receive an award for her research. The American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education presented Michelle Grose, a third-year student at the WVU School of Pharmacy, with the Gateway to Research ...