Announcements
WVU medical student among those awarded prestigious Critical Language Scholarship
For West Virginia University students Amna Khan and Colin Lopez, it’s a way to break down barriers to provide better medical care. For Madeleine Hall, it’s a path to understanding, and teaching about, other cultures.
WVU Injury Control Research Center presents awards for excellence in teaching and research
Steven Wheeler, Ph.D., and Brandon Lucke-Wold have been recognized by the WVU Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) for excellence in teaching and research in the fields of injury and/or violence prevention.
Two from WVU named BioWV leaders
Two WVU researchers have been named to the leadership of BioWV, the Bioscience Association of West Virginia, a nonprofit organization that promotes the state’s growing bioscience business community.
WVU Ultrasound goes international
West Virginia University Department of Emergency Medicine ultrasound fellow, Kristine Robinson, M.D., is taking advanced clinical ultrasound to the international level.
Annual Farmers Market to return May 25
The annual WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals Farmers Market will kick off the 2016 season at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25, in the parking lot between the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute on the WVU Health Sciences campus.
Connect with Clay to feature Provost Joyce McConnell
The next Connect with Clay with Vice President and Executive Dean of Health Sciences Clay Marsh, M.D., will feature WVU Provost Joyce McConnell.
Prep work for new HSC food service area underway
Contractors have begun renovations in and around the former HSC Café in preparation for the new food service area that will open in the fall. New food options are coming into the campus.
A funny thing happened on the way to commencement
When John G. Thomas completed his Ph.D. at Syracuse University in 1969, he did not stick around for Commencement. “In 30 hours, I went from being a graduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences to a tank commander at Fort Sam Houston in Texas,” he recalls. On Friday, May 13, Thomas - a professor emeritus in the WVU Schools of Medicine and Dentistry - returned to Syracuse as its oldest and presumably most illustrious doctoral degree recipient.
MEET THE GRADS: Small town, southern West Virginia student finds her place at West Virginia University
As commencement nears, WVU Health Sciences is featuring some of our most dedicated graduates. Here is the story of one of those students, Paige Cook.
Music camp planned for blind and visually impaired children
Twenty-nine blind and visually impaired children from across West Virginia will sharpen their musical skills – and learn important life lessons – at WVU Eye Institute’s Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program (CVRP) Summer Institute June 13-17 in Morgantown. Blessing Offor, a blind musician who earned national attention for his performance on “The Voice” in 2014, will coach the group in preparation for a public concert June 17 at WVU’s Creative Arts Center.