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Students

West Virginia University Researcher Lessons Learned in Iceland

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University researcher is working in two counties to apply lessons about peer groups from Iceland where he says teenage use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco has been “virtually eradicated.” Alfgeir Kristjansson, assistant professor in WVU’s School of Public Health, says the island nation pushed to replace unsupervised, aimless leisure […]

October 23, 2017

STEM

West Virginia U. Researchers Patent Method to Strengthen Buildings

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University researchers have patented technology for reinforcing the T-shaped joints of concrete beams in buildings to better withstand shocks like earthquakes without breaking. Doctoral engineering student Praveen Majjigapu and his adviser, Professor Hota GangaRao, are co-inventors and share the two patents. At a demonstration Thursday for potential partners in an […]

May 18, 2017

Students

Advocates Question Plan for College for Foster Care Youth

CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Some child advocates say a plan by a nonprofit group to convert a southern West Virginia campus into a college specifically for children transitioning out of the foster care system is not a good idea. Tina Faber is based at West Virginia University in Morgantown and runs a state program called Mentoring […]

February 26, 2017

Students

1 in 3 West Virginia University Women Surveyed Report Being Sexually Assaulted

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Most students say they feel safe on West Virginia University’s main campus, but 1 in 3 women surveyed reported being sexually assaulted, and 10 percent of the female students responding said they’d been raped. Unfortunately, these numbers are roughly standard for college campuses across the United States, and are most likely under […]

February 22, 2017

Students

West Virginia U. Offers Tuition Incentive to Nursing Students

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University is offering tuition incentives in hopes of increasing the number of highly trained nurses in the state and beyond. The WVU School of Nursing says it will offer in-state tuition for all students — regardless of residency — to enhance opportunities for nurses through the online Registered Nurse to […]

February 21, 2017

Students

Professor Looks at What Type of Exercise Benefits Academics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ― A West Virginia University professor has been researching which types of exercise are effective in improving academic performance. The university said in a news release that Assistant Dean James C. Hannon of the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences says resistance exercise such as weight lifting and using resistance bands seems […]

August 4, 2016

Sports

Athletic Directors Embrace Student-Athlete Activism

Several athletic directors at the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum said they saw a threatened protest by the University of Missouri football team as an example of the positive power of sports.

December 10, 2015

African-American

HBCU STEM Programs Emphasizing Engagement at Every Turn

African-American STEM graduates have benefited from a range of best practices that experts have cited as key factors in STEM student success at the undergraduate level.

September 3, 2015