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WVU in the News: Growing gaps in U.S. vaccination rates show regions at risk
The gap between the most vaccinated and least vaccinated places in the U.S. has exploded in the past three months, and continues to widen despite efforts to convince more Americans to get a Covid shot.
WVU in the News: MetroNews Talkline
WVU School of Public Health Associate Professor Robin Pollini, PhD, MPH, joins Hoppy Kercheval on MetroNews Talkline to discuss West Virginia’s new harm reduction law.
WVU in the News: Why you’re listening to more music now that life is returning to normal
For most of us, the pandemic has been a deeply life-altering event, one that’s affected everything from how we commute, how we do small talk, to how we take care of ourselves. And according to anecdotal reports, it's even changed our relationship to music. When VICE informally polled readers about their evolving listening habits last fall, they revealed all sorts of unexpected new musical habits, from exclusively listening to jazz or ambient, to finally getting into the Grateful Dead, to only checking out new hardcore bands. In some cases, previously avid music fans said they'd suddenly stopped listening to much music at all.
WVU Medicine Department of Pediatrics receives grant to improve West Virginia childhood literacy
West Virginia University’s School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics recently received the WVPEC Sparking Early Literacy Growth in West Virginia Grant, which aims to reduce the literacy gap for students in WV.
June 28, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for June 28, 2021.
Huggins Homecoming raises $150K to support WVU Cancer Institute
The inaugural Huggins Homecoming in Cincinnati raised more than $150,000 to bolster cancer care and research at the WVU Cancer Institute. The Huggins Homecoming festivities welcomed West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Coach Bob Huggins back to the Queen City – which he called home during his tenure at the University of Cincinnati, from 1989 to 2005 – for three events to support the Norma Mae Huggins Endowment Fund at the WVU Foundation. Huggins established the memorial fund after his mother lost her battle with colon cancer in 2003.
June 27, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for June 27, 2021.
June 26, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for June 26, 2021.
June 25, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for June 25, 2021.
Annual WVU Medicine Farmers Market begins June 30
Now in its 12th season, the annual WVU Medicine Farmers Market is an amazing onsite resource to purchase everything from fresh produce to lunch food from local restaurant vendors.