Announcements
Diversity Week: Celebrate HSC Diversity with Social Campaign #IAmWVUHealth
As part of Diversity Week, Oct. 11-17, the Health Sciences community is invited to participate in a social media campaign, #IAmWVUHealth, to celebrate and showcase the diverse backgrounds throughout the Health Sciences campuses.
"Excellence in Gender-Affirming Care" virtual training set for Oct. 8-9
An upcoming virtual training and education seminar aims to expand health care at WVU Medicine to be responsive and sensitive to the needs of transgender and gender diverse patients.
Research funding for WVU hits all-time high at $195 million this past year
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing uncertainties in the higher education world, West Virginia University received $195 million in external funding for research and other sponsored programs this past fiscal year.
WVU Hardesty Festival of Ideas speakers to examine social justice issues through diverse lenses
Protecting the rights of others, exposing discrimination through entertainment venues, sharing the anxiety of recovering from substance abuse disorder and recounting the personal experience of escaping a war-torn country through refugee camps are the social justice themes woven among the four speakers at West Virginia University’s 2020 Hardesty Festival of Ideas lectures.
Faculty Mentoring Program available
The Faculty Mentoring Program offers the opportunity to identify the skills of our faculty and to determine the needs for faculty development. As a result mentors can be identified for short term mentoring on specific skills or even e-mentoring.
Health Sciences joins WVU Diversity Week with biomedical science and health-related events
West Virginia University’s annual Diversity Week, slated this year for Oct. 11-17, promotes the celebration, education and understanding of different identities and experiences of students, faculty and staff across campus. Virtual events are planned WVU-wide, as well as events specific to Health Sciences.
Diversity Week: "Women Beyond Bars" exhibit to be displayed in Pylons
As part of Diversity Week, the School of Public Health is partnering with the Reed College of Media to display an exhibit called "Women Beyond Bars: Following the Stories of Women's Incarceration in West Virginia."
Diversity Week: "Promoting Inclusive, Safe and Supportive Research Environments" set for Oct. 15
As part of Diversity Week, the Health Sciences Office of Research and Graduate Education will host “Promoting Inclusive, Safe, and Supportive Research Environments.”
Diversity Week: Inclusive Language Training scheduled Oct. 14
As part of Diversity Week, the WVU Health Sciences Committee for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will host Inclusive Language Training.
Diversity Week: "Science, Race and Power" Webinar scheduled Oct. 13
As part of Diversity Week, the Health Sciences Office of Research and Graduate Education will host a webinar, “Science, Race and Power,” by Angela Saini, author of “Inferior” and “Superior.”