Announcements
Health Promotion and Wellness survey asks, "How Are You Coping?"
An anonymous survey from the Office of Health Promotion and Wellness is asking Health Sciences faculty, staff and students, "How are you coping?"
Oct. 20, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Oct. 20, 2020.
Oct. 19, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Oct. 19, 2020.
WVU will offer additional in-person instruction this spring
West Virginia University will offer additional in-person and hybrid classes during the spring 2021 semester, which will begin on January 19.
Orthodontics graduates make donation to the post graduate program in honor of classmates
As a tribute to a late graduate, more than 20 West Virginia University School of Dentistry orthodontic alumni collectively donated $100,000 to expand educational opportunities for students in the Department of Orthodontics. Read more from WVU Foundation's article WVU School of Dentistry alumni donate $100,000 to honor late classmate.
COVID-19 heightens urgency of advanced care planning, according to WVU study
Danielle Funk, program manager of the West Virginia Center for End-of-Life Care and lead author of the study, said calls to the Center spiked threefold in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. This indicates a new sense of urgency in advance care planning – such as completing directives and medical orders (i.e. Do-Not-Resuscitate forms) – in West Virginia.
Invitation to Take a Survey to Help Inform Cancer Care
"We are proud to partner with the National LGBT Cancer Network! Out: The National Cancer Survey, the national survey specifically for LGBTQI+ cancer survivors. Take the survey & help inform cancer care for the estimated 81,000 LGBTQI+ people who are diagnosed with cancer every year. https://bit.ly/35LyPlW #outsurvey"
Oct. 18, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Oct. 18, 2020.
WVU in the News: WVU research team receives $1.3 million grant to reduce the impact of substance abuse
A team of researchers at West Virginia University has received a three-year $1.35 million grant to reduce the impact of substance abuse in three West Virginia counties.
WVU, CDC report first two weeks' results for mask observation study
The School of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announce the results for the first two weeks of their mask observation study. The purpose of the seven-week study is to estimate the percentage of people within the WVU community wearing masks correctly and, ultimately, increase the proportion of people who use masks correctly.