Announcements
Embrace well-being as your academic journey continues
As you settle into the fall semester, visit WVU’s well-being website to help connect you with information and resources for managing stress, sleep, nutrition, relationships, substance use, mental health, self-care and more.
WVU in the News: Multiarmed approach key to battling substance addiction
This year for International Overdose Awareness Day, which took place last Thursday, West Virginia showed something that the rest of the country could not. The state’s overdose deaths decreased slightly while the nation as a whole did not.
Hazel Ruby McQuain Graduate Scholarship honors 10 students striving to better West Virginia
Ten students with a shared goal of bettering the Mountain State — including Madison Taylor, who is continuging her research and education by earning a Master of Public Health — have been awarded the Hazel Ruby McQuain Graduate Scholarship to help them continue graduate study in their chosen fields.
Virtual mindfulness series scheduled to begin Oct. 5
Mindful Steps is a free 6-week series designed to assist in developing and maintaining mindful resilience, mental fitness, and improved relaxation response. Participants can attend six one-hour sessions (consecutively or individually) that offer a variety of simple yet practical tools to be mindful in daily living.
Ophthalmology Grand Rounds: Department to present quarterly report, M+M report
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences will present its quarterly report as well as a morbidity and mortality report during the grand rounds presentation on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 7 a.m.
Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Yuen to give presentation on sodium and water perturbations
A visiting professor from the Barrow Neurological Institute will give a presentation on sodium and water perturbations during the Department of Medicine grand rounds on Friday, Sept. 8, at 8 a.m.
Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Yuen to give presentation on sodium and water perturbations
A visiting professor from the Barrow Neurological Institute will give a presentation on sodium and water perturbations during the Department of Medicine grand rounds on Friday, Sept. 8, at 8 a.m.
Some HSC services unavailable 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, through 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2
To address problems with faulty storage hardware, ITS must shut down virtual servers that support some HSC services from 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1 through 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2.
OLLI at WVU hosts fall open houses
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at WVU will host a series of open houses this month for everyone with an interest in lifelong learning. Designed for adults 50 and over as a fun way to stay engaged and connected, the OLLI at WVU offers a wide variety of non-credit lectures, workshops, discussion groups and social engagement activities.
Participants needed for WVU telehealth research
Researchers at West Virginia University are currently enrolling participants in an Extended Telehealth Pilot. A collaboration of the WVU Health Affairs Institute and West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services Bureau for Medical Services, the Extended Telehealth Pilot is an expansion of previous telehealth pilot work.