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Expert to speak to Senate committee

WVU Today James Wood, director of the Energy Institute at West Virginia University, will offer testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works at 10 a.m. today. Wood was invited by West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, ranking Republican on the committee, ...

Connected epidemics: HIV and opioids

WVU Today Long before COVID-19 entered the picture, West Virginia had been battling two other major public health crises: Opioids and HIV.  Dr. Sally Hodder, a leading infectious disease expert at West Virginia University, believes that despite the threat of COVID-19, the opioid ...

Day of Giving sets new record for dollars raised

WVU Today   Alumni and friends of West Virginia University made over 5,000 gifts totaling $11.9 million Wednesday during the university’s fourth Day of Giving, setting new records for the 24-hour online fundraising event held across the university system.  The final numbers ...

WVU Medicine Children’s, Nexstar partner for Mediathon Wednesday

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  WVU Medicine Children’s, the state’s only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, has partnered with Nexstar Media Group to host a Mediathon Wednesday to raise funds that will help patients and families in need of life-changing care. “We’re excited ...

Important Invertebrates

WVU Today Millipedes represent some of the earliest known terrestrial animals and are  understudied, but two researchers at West Virginia University  are working to shine a light on these important invertebrates. Several years ago, Matt Kasson and Angie Macias set out to ...