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WVU institute uses new brain treatment

WVU Medicine  The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute announced Monday the first procedure in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and among the first in the U.S., to use new deep brain stimulation (DBS) technology that has the potential to improve the treatment of ...

Team finishes third in EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

WVU Today The culmination of three years of dedication, research excellence and the work of nearly 90 students across multiple disciplines  propelled the West Virginia University EcoCAR team to a successful finish in year three of the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge. Sponsored by the ...

Faith-community nurses promote physical activity among congregants

 WVU Today If someone joins a church, mosque or synagogue, they may be seeking better emotional or spiritual health. But according to research out of West Virginia University, faith communities have the potential to promote physical wellbeing, as well. A new study led by Angel ...

WVU student recognized for research

WVU Today West Virginia University student Teagan  Kuzniar was first drawn to environmental issues after a guest lecture in her high school science class from a member of the Friends of Deckers Creek, a nonprofit organization that works to clean-up and protect the Deckers Creek ...

Uncovering some secrets of the sun

WVU Today  West Virginia University physicists are uncovering secrets of the sun’s turbulent surface in the lab. A new study featured on the cover of the March 2021 issue of Physics of Plasmas is the first published research from WVU’s PHASMA experiment in the Center for ...