Announcements
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.
TECHNOPALOOZA 2016
The Office of Research and Graduate Education will be hosting a fast paced, social event with brief presentations, posters and informal conversations focused on cutting edge technology and shared resources open to all researchers at WVU. We want to increase awareness of all the assets we have available to drive our science. This event is campus wide, so please spread the word and bring your colleagues along. Faculty, post-docs and students (graduate and undergraduate) are welcome.
New Grant Funding Opportunities: Prescription Drug Abuse
New funding announcements from the National Institutes of Health (NIH):
The Defense Health Program: DoD Peer Reviewed Medical Research Programs
The Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Defense Appropriations Act provides $278.7 million to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP). The vision of the PRMRP is to improve the health and well-being of all military Service members, Veterans, and beneficiaries. The PRMRP challenges the scientific and clinical communities to address one of the FY16 congressionally directed topic areas with original ideas that foster new directions in basic science and translational research; novel product development leading to improved therapeutic or diagnostic tools; synergistic, multidisciplinary research programs; or clinical trials that address an immediate clinical need.
WVU honors Health Sciences Faculty and Staff April 28; winners announced
The awards honor faculty and staff who have made exceptional contributions to the mission of the University and the HSC over the past year. WVU Provost Joyce McConnell and HSC Vice President Clay Marsh will present awards Thursday, April 28 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Pylons Lobby.
Fun Before Finals at the Health Sciences Center
Health Sciences students -- enjoy free yoga, massages, meditation and a visit from the Balloon Man all week long as you prepare for finals week!
WVU to honor Health Sciences faculty and staff
The 2016 HSC Vice President’s Awards Ceremony will be held Thursday, April 28, from 2– 4 p.m. in the Pylons Lobby.
WVU to expand food and retail options at Health Sciences
Beginning in May, the cafeteria will close for renovations. A new food court, modeled on the successful WVU Evansdale Crossing project that opened in January, will open later this year.
WVU to host YouTube Sensation Laci Green
Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University committed to the National It’s On Us campaign in January 2015, to further its proactive efforts to eliminate sexual assault and power-based personal violence from campus. WVU continues its support of April’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month the It’s On Us campaign by hosting YouTube sensation Laci Green this Wednesday, April 20th at 7:00 pm in Ming Hsieh G-21.
An opportunity to connect with West Virginia
Attend the Try This! Conference June 3-4