Announcements
Annual HSC fire alarm test scheduled for Friday, Sept. 4
A fire alarm test for the Health Sciences Campus – HSC South, HSC North, HSC addition and Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Facility – will take place from 5 to 7 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 4.
Registration for Mountain State Cyber Summit open
West Virginia’s cybersecurity and technology communities will come together on Oct. 28 in Morgantown for the 2026 Mountain State Cyber Summit + Tech Yeah, a new collaboration designed to connect leaders across different industries.
New Faculty Orientation Welcomes WVU Health Sciences and WVU Medicine Faculty
New faculty members from WVU Health Sciences and WVU Medicine are invited to attend New Faculty Orientation on Tuesday, Sept. 29 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Bruce McClymonds Conference Center.
Nominate an HSC Employee of the Month through Blue Sky
Operation Blue Sky will be honoring a Health Science’s Employee of the Month each quarter beginning in September 2026.
In Remembrance: Amanda Acord-Vira EdD, OTR/L, CBIS, FAOTA
Dr. Amanda Acord-Vira, beloved daughter of Frank and Cathy Acord of Beckley, WV, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2026, surrounded by the love she so freely gave throughout her life. Amanda was a bright, generous soul whose compassion touched everyone she met. Her family and friends knew her as someone who led with her heart — a woman whose spirit was unmistakably kind, sincere, and devoted.
Dr. Alyson Leo gives back to hometown with patient care
Old-fashioned primary care is alive and well in Elkins, thanks in part to Dr. Alyson Leo. While a student at WVU School of Medicine, the Institute for Community and Rural Health’s programs pinpointed her passion to practicing medicine in her hometown—and now she’s giving back.
Action Required: OKTA desktop password sync for MacOS
Ahead of Apple’s next major software update expected this fall, WVU is rolling out Okta Desktop Password Sync for university-managed Macs. This will keep the password you use to log in to your Mac the same as your WVU password, meaning your WVU password will work at the Mac login screen, when you unlock your screen, and when your Mac starts up (FileVault).
Faculty invited to School of Medicine M.D. Tailgate before WVU/Oklahoma St. game
WVU School of Medicine M.D. program faculty, alumni and students are invited to join their peers in cheering on the Mountaineers as they take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys Saturday, Sept. 26.
WVU Health Sciences to host Global Health Week Oct. 5-9, 2026
The West Virginia University School of Medicine Global Health Program will host Global Health Week Oct. 5-9 with daily presentations at noon in room 1905 of the Health Sciences Center highlighting current topics and the future of health care worldwide.
Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Barghouti to give presentation on cortisol interpretation in internal medicine
Nadia Barghouti, MD, MPH, will give a presentation on cortisol interpretation in internal medicine for the Department of Medicine grand rounds on Friday, Aug. 28, at noon.