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 the turret portion of the Monongalia County Courthouse is going under the microscope. Spurred by ...
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 winner, assistant professor of geography Aaron Maxwell will use big data to map what ...
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 special for him,” said Samantha Glaspell, a registered veterinary technician at West Virginia University. “I ...
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 Virginia University suggests that rural e-cigarette users are older — and often get sicker — ...
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. “Although there are definitely millions of cicadas per acre in the other broods when they emerge, they don't ...
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 in Assistant Professor of Biology Tim Driscoll’s laboratory, which studies vector-borne ...