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WVU in the News: What are circadian rhythms?

Much of life on Earth depends on the day and night cycle. For humans, sunlight triggers our internal clock and causes us to wake. When night comes, the same mechanism sends out a hormone called melatonin, which makes us sleepy and helps the body shut down for the day. This is the circadian rhythm.

WVU School of Nursing to host Family Feud FUNdraiser to benefit homeless outreach efforts

West Virginia University School of Nursing professors will face off—Family Feud style—by answering questions from the popular television show, as well as School of Nursing-related questions on Thursday, April 7 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Okey Patteson Auditorium in the Health Sciences Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. and admission is $5, which can be paid in cash or via Venmo at the door. The event is open to the Health Sciences community and beyond.

MAP, Banner and other important WVU systems will be unavailable Wednesday

Faculty, staff and students on all campuses may be unable to log into important WVU services such as MAP and Banner/STAR from 5 p.m. to midnight Wednesday, March 16, during critical server updates. The ability to log in using WVU credentials could be briefly interrupted as well, but any outages that might occur should be resolved quickly.