Breaking News

WVU Cancer Institute to open center at Uniontown hospital

UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Cancer patients in Fayette and Greene counties will no longer have to travel to find the care they need thanks to a new partnership between the WVU Cancer Institute and WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital to open a cancer center on the second floor of the Annex Building on the ...

Scope of WVU health major broadens to include infectious diseases

MORGANTOWN -- As COVID-19 and its variants continue to spread throughout the country, workplace safety has taken on a new meaning. West Virginia University’s Master of Science in industrial hygiene, newly moved to the WVU School of Public Health, is designed to help students address modern ...

Carruth Center creating safe space

West Virginia University’s Carruth Center “strives to create a safe, diverse and inclusive environment, as well as a confidential space where students may seek support and process their reactions.”  The efforts of the Carruth Center are extended to sexual assault survivors in need of assistance on their path to trauma management and healing. WVU Carruth Center Director Dr. T. Anne Hawkins said Carruth Center counselors are well-versed on assisting sexual assault survivors. Counselors can provide trauma-informed care at the center, which is a necessary foundation to ...

West Virginia University updates COVID-19 guidance

MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia University publicly updated its mask-wearing and out-of-state travel COVID-19 policies for fully vaccinated individuals in a WVU Today article published Tuesday. According to the story, WVU has decided to loosen some of its restrictions regarding masks and ...

Provost’s Office announces plans to merge two colleges

WVU Today The West Virginia University Office of the Provost announced recently the university’s plan to merge the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and the College of Education and Human Services to create a new college focused on human and youth development. “This ...

WVU Medicine Children’s announces artwork contest winners

MORGANTOWN -- WVU Medicine Children’s has selected the winners of its “Home is Where the HeART is” artwork contest held in conjunction with the West Virginia Tourism Office. More than 300 pieces of art highlighting West Virginia’s State Parks and forests were submitted from 25 West ...