Announcements
Annual Farmers Market to return May 25
The annual WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals Farmers Market will kick off the 2016 season at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25, in the parking lot between the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute on the WVU Health Sciences campus.
Connect with Clay to feature Provost Joyce McConnell
The next Connect with Clay with Vice President and Executive Dean of Health Sciences Clay Marsh, M.D., will feature WVU Provost Joyce McConnell.
Prep work for new HSC food service area underway
Contractors have begun renovations in and around the former HSC Café in preparation for the new food service area that will open in the fall. New food options are coming into the campus.
A funny thing happened on the way to commencement
When John G. Thomas completed his Ph.D. at Syracuse University in 1969, he did not stick around for Commencement. “In 30 hours, I went from being a graduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences to a tank commander at Fort Sam Houston in Texas,” he recalls. On Friday, May 13, Thomas - a professor emeritus in the WVU Schools of Medicine and Dentistry - returned to Syracuse as its oldest and presumably most illustrious doctoral degree recipient.
MEET THE GRADS: Small town, southern West Virginia student finds her place at West Virginia University
As commencement nears, WVU Health Sciences is featuring some of our most dedicated graduates. Here is the story of one of those students, Paige Cook.
Music camp planned for blind and visually impaired children
Twenty-nine blind and visually impaired children from across West Virginia will sharpen their musical skills – and learn important life lessons – at WVU Eye Institute’s Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program (CVRP) Summer Institute June 13-17 in Morgantown. Blessing Offor, a blind musician who earned national attention for his performance on “The Voice” in 2014, will coach the group in preparation for a public concert June 17 at WVU’s Creative Arts Center.
MEET THE GRADS: WVU tennis champ discovers exercise physiology is her path to success
As commencement nears, WVU Health Sciences is featuring some of our most dedicated graduates. Here is the story of one of those students, Ikttesh Chahal.
MEET THE GRADS: First generation college student follows path to career in health sciences and medicine
As commencement nears, WVU Health Sciences is featuring some of our most dedicated graduates. Here is the story of one of those students, Hope Bias.
NASA chief and WVU alum to speak at Health Sciences Center
Judith Hayes, M.S., M.P.H., NASA chief of Biomedical Research and Environmental Sciences Division at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, will speak at a West Virginia University Department of Exercise Physiology seminar on Thursday, May 12 at noon in the WVU Health Sciences Center, room 1909.
Hot food vendors to serve lunch on East-West Concourse
Starting Monday, May 9, local food trucks and other temporary hot food vendors will be set up on the East-West Concourse between the Health Sciences Center and Ruby Memorial Hospital to serve lunch over the summer.