Announcements
WVU widens service area to assist pregnant women, parenting families
A West Virginia University-led effort is extending its reach to 11 Mountain State counties, providing more low-income pregnant women and families with children access to health care and life skills through the West Virginia Healthy Start/Helping Appalachian Parents and Infants — HAPI — project.
Journal of Family Violence publishes article by Public Health faculty member
An article by Social & Behavioral Sciences Associate Professor Danielle M. Davidov, “A Blessing and a Curse”: The Impact of Sociopolitical Events and National Discourse Surrounding Sexual Violence on College Campuses, was recently published in the "Journal of Family Violence."
Local health care leaders and learners provide free sports physicals and screenings to area students
An annual outreach effort led by WVU Medicine and WVU School of Medicine faculty and staff is helping monitor the health of hundreds of local students by providing them with free sports physicals and health screenings.
Interprofessional, simulation educator provides student-oriented approach to learning at WVU Health Sciences
After learning about the Standardized Patient Program from a friend during her undergraduate studies at West Virginia University, Katie Hoffman applied for the program and began working with WVU Health Sciences students as part of their clinical training.
New OTD graduate joins Country Roads staff after creating peer mentor workbook for capstone project
New OTD graduate Taylor Grout made a workbook for Country Roads peer mentors as her capstone project. She herself was a former peer mentor, and will use her previous experiences to guide her as she joins the Country Roads staff this fall.
WVU in the News: OpenAI and Arianna Huffington are working together on an ‘AI health coach’
The OpenAI Startup Fund and Thrive Global announce Thrive AI Health, a new company partnering with the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute to launch the AI Health Coach.
Panopto Recorders: Some Mac users will be required to upgrade software on Friday, July 19
Panopto Creators who are working with an outdated version of the Panopto recorder for Mac will receive a vendor-required software upgrade at 4 a.m. Friday, July 19
Windows 11 will be installed on all WVU computers capable of receiving upgrade, starting July 9
Information Technology Services will install Windows 11 on all WVU-managed Windows computers that need and can accept the update, starting Tuesday, July 9.
WVU in the News: WVU professor Elizabeth Scharman named Distinguished Mountaineer
The Daily Athenaeum features Elizabeth Scharman, professor of clinical pharmacy at WVU and clinical and executive director of the West Virginia Poison Center.
John E. Parker Pulmonary Sleep Symposium registration now open
Registration for the John E. Parker Pulmonary Sleep Symposium is now open. The event is hosted by West Virginia University’s Department of Medicine and will be held on August 16, 2024 at the Marriott at Waterfront Place in Morgantown.