Announcements
WVU dentistry students receive scholarship support
More than 70 West Virginia University School of Dentistry students earned scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year. To honor their achievements, a recognition ceremony was at held at the Health Sciences Center on Sept. 20.
WVU in the News: Center for Excellence in Disabilities offers sibling outreach programs for brothers and sisters of those with special medical needs
The Dominion Post highlights the Sibshops and SibTeen programs offered by the WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities.
WVCTSI receives $1.3 million in funding to address rural underrepresentation in clinical research
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute was named as one of three hubs nationally that will launch the National Institutes of Health CARE for Health initiative.
High school students can explore orthopedic surgery and engineering during one-day event
Local high school students can get hands-on experience in medicine and engineering during a free one-day event hosted by the West Virginia University School of Medicine and The Perry Initiative.
Thompson named recipient of award honoring excellence in simulation education at WVU
Tonya Thompson, DNP, RN has been named the recipient of the 2024 David H. Wilks Memorial Award for Excellence in Simulation presented by the West Virginia University David and Jo Ann Shaw Center for Simulation Training and Education Patient Safety.
WVU School of Nursing offers solutions to growing nationwide nursing faculty shortages
The nursing workforce shortage is well-known across the nation; however, the nursing faculty shortage is a lesser-known part of the equation. Advanced faculty age, a wave of retirements and too few nurses pursuing advanced nursing degrees are among the top factors contributing to the faculty shortage. WVU School of Nursing Dean Tara Hulsey says obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree is one of the first steps in combatting the shortage.
Exercise physiology student interns with the US Department of the Navy, conducts research
Olivia Whittington, a graduate student in the Master of Science in Exercise Physiology program at the WVU School of Medicine, spent her summer conducting cutting-edge research at the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory in Groton, Connecticut. She was one of only four college students chosen for her specific lab within the competitive Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program.
Operation Blue Sky at Health Sciences hosts events during WVU Week of Purpose
West Virginia University’s second annual Week of Purpose will take place Monday, Sept. 23 through Friday, Sept. 27.
WVU poised for historic freshmen retention rate
A multi-year focus on student success at West Virginia University is showing record-breaking results.
WVU in the News: Monongalia County QRT's Free Naloxone Day will be bigger and better
The Monongalia County Quick Response Team (QRT) has been holding Free Naloxone Day events for three years now, and the one taking place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, promises to be bigger and better. As in previous years, this year's event will include stations on the WVU campus.