WVU Today The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute Project ECHO program has been spreading specialty care knowledge across the Mountain State for five years. Building upon its success, […]
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Reseachers want to save salamanders
WVU Today Two of West Virginia’s mountain-loving salamander species are wrestling for resources and space as climate change threatens their habitats. Researchers with the West Virginia University Davis College of […]
Going under the microscope
MORGANTOWN — Patrick Henry is going under the microscope — figuratively and literally. More accurately, the nearly nine-foot tall likeness of Henry standing at the base of the stairs in […]
Understanding, preserving West Virginia’s landscape
WVU Today New research from West Virginia University is transforming understanding of the Mountain State’s famous landscape — and identifying ways to preserve it. As WVU’s latest NSF CAREER Award […]
Migrating south for retirement: WVU research pigeon moved to Florida sanctuary
Mr. Grey the retired white-crowned research pigeon is living his life in paradise after having a bit of help making the journey south for retirement. “I wanted to do something […]
Study shows consequences of e-cig usage
WVU Today Just as e-cigarette ingredients can vary from one region to another, the health effects of vaping can have regional characteristics as well. A new study out of West […]
Strength in numbers: 17-year cicadas to emerge by billions
MORGANTOWN — Spending 17 years underground is bound to leave any insect eager to stretch its wings, and billions of Brood X periodical cicadas are preparing to do just that. […]
In Pursuit of Pathogens
WVU Today In a time when most people are avoiding diseases like the plague, one West Virginia University biology student is pursuing them instead. Oxford, Pa., native Jessica Towey researches […]
Private support aids WVU in study of COVID-19 variants
WVU Today Private philanthropic support is driving timely COVID-19 research by West Virginia University — along with partners at Marshall University and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human […]
How WVU, Marshall and the state detect new variants
WVU Today Picture viral RNA as a single component you can break into one million pieces. Now imagine reassembling those pieces, literally like a jigsaw puzzle. If there’s a chipped […]
