Announcements
Updated mask guidelines for WVU Medicine and WVU Health Sciences Center
WVU Medicine requires face coverings for patients and healthcare workers in all hospital and clinic areas. All patients and individuals who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are required to wear face coverings upon entering the WVU Health Sciences Center.
WVU in the News: Simple strategies for better sleep
"Sweet dreams” is a common refrain when you’re headed to bed, but by all accounts, our slumber is anything but sweet these days. In normal times, about 50 percent of older adults in the U.S. meet the criteria for having a sleep disorder, and what’s been dubbed COVID-somnia has only made things worse. According to a survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 32 percent of Americans ages 65 and older reported an increase in sleep problems since the start of the pandemic.
WVU in the News: Opioid trial explores gateway theory, costs of crisis as distributors, plaintiffs near halfway point
The sixth week of an opioid trial pitting Cabell County and Huntington against opioid distribution companies came to a gridlock due to lengthy cross-examinations by the companies.
Teaching Scholars Program set for September 2021 through May 2022
The Teaching Scholars Program via Zoom focuses on developing educational theories/technologies as well as promoting educational skills, critical thinking, and innovative approaches among WVU Health Sciences Center faculty. This program is open to faculty on all WVU Campuses.
WVU to offer students, employees incentives for COVID-19 vaccine verification
West Virginia University will begin an incentive program for students and employees who have verified their COVID-19 vaccine by Aug. 1.
West Virginia University to close Friday, June 18, in observance of Juneteenth
West Virginia University, including the WVU Research Corp., will close Friday, June 18, following a Presidential Proclamation and separate declaration issued by Gov. Jim Justice proclaiming a state holiday in recognition of Juneteenth.
Return to Campus Conversation planned for today (6/17), 10 a.m.
The campus community is invited to join a Return to Campus Conversation on Thursday (June 17) from 10-11:15 a.m. This live session for faculty, staff and students will include information about the return to campus and the fall 2021 semester. Presenters include Dean Jeff Coben, as well as Rob Alsop, VP for Strategic Initiatives; Maryanne Reed, Provost and VP for Academic Affairs; Corey Farris, Dean of Students; and Cris DeBord, VP for Talent and Culture.
SPH welcomes new employee to Expert Business Office
Amy Urani joined the School of Public Health as a Budget Analyst Senior in the Expert Business Office (EBO) on June 11, 2021.
WVU to fully reopen campuses for fall 2021 semester
With recent decreases in COVID-19 cases across the country and the knowledge that COVID-19 vaccines are extremely safe and effective, West Virginia University now plans to fully reopen its campuses this fall.
WVU in the News: Reaching out to at-risk communities
In March 2020, Tiffany Samuels checked her Facebook page and saw a post by Romelia Hodges, who posted about a COVID-19 outbreak in a Black church she attended, Friendship Baptist in Everettville.