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Retired plant pathologist donates tomato seeds

WVU Today For 71 years, one West Virginia University plant pathologist has tinkered with the tomato, turning over multiple iterations resistant to blight and other vegetable diseases. Now the fruits of Mannon Gallegly’s labor will be adored by tomato lovers across the world, ...

Employees with depression use different strategies in workplace

WVU Today Employees who experience depression are tasked with the decision to disclose their mental health to others at work. For these employees, one West Virginia University researcher found that they use eight strategies on how to disclose (or conceal) this often-stigmatized social ...

Summer Immersion Experience

WVU Today Before the start of the fall semester, several new West Virginia University students are already asking research questions and trying to answer them with guidance from WVU scientists while, in certain cases, getting their feet wet. Through July 30, WVU’s Office of ...

UnitedHealthcare donates $250K to West Virginia University

CHARLESTON — UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, is awarding a $250,000 Empowering Health grant to West Virginia University to expand access to care for uninsured individuals and underserved communities. In total, UnitedHealthcare is donating $11.4 million through Empowering ...

WVU leads rural testing

WVU Today Not all West Virginians have the luxury of popping into a health clinic on a whim to get tested for COVID-19. For the past seven months, the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute has helped ramp up COVID-19 testing throughout the state via mobile vans and ...