Announcements
Gee: Mountaineer values continue to guide us in COVID-19 response
President Gordon Gee sent a letter Thursday (April 23) to the West Virginia University campus community calling on Mountaineers to “stay the course and take pride in knowing that we are adapting in ways we never thought possible.”
WVU’s 24/7 crisis text line for students supported by donor’s gift
An anonymous donor’s gift will ensure that, although they aren’t on campus, students enrolled at West Virginia University can reach out to the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services through a 24/7 crisis text line to receive immediate assistance from a live, trained counselor – especially if they feel overwhelmed by the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
McIntosh recognized for extraordinary dedication to Public Health students
Scot McIntosh, the WVU School of Public Health’s first director of career development and student success, has been awarded the 2020 Student Services Excellence Award by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH).
April 23, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for April 23, 2020.
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 4-22-2020
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 4-22-2020
Decoding COVID-19 through data: WVU team builds patient registry to harness research, predict outcomes
Even before West Virginia reported its first case of the novel coronavirus, Dr. Sally Hodder and her team recognized the need for a COVID-19 patient data registry. It was after attending a January conference at the National Institutes of Health when Hodder, an infectious disease specialist who lived through the 1980s AIDS/HIV epidemic, predicted with confidence that we’d soon have a pandemic on our hands.
Special day of giving planned May 5 to help WVU students hurt by COVID-19
West Virginia University supporters are being asked to step up for students Tuesday, May 5, during #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving and unity created to help meet the unprecedented need caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 22, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for April 22, 2020.
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 4-21-2020
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 4-21-2020
WVU in the News: U.S. coal industry takes a hit during coronavirus pandemic
The U.S. coal industry is shaping up to be another emerging casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, as lockdown restrictions have severely reduced demand in an already tough business climate.