Eberly News

Articles for the month of October 2017

The human dimensions of water

The human dimensions of water

WVU geography professor researches the connection between water and gender locally and internationally

The sound of silence

The sound of silence

Using sound waves for biomedical breakthroughs

Maggie Anderson

Maggie Anderson, author of ‘Dear All,’ to give reading Oct. 30

The Department of English at West Virginia University will host a reading by poet Maggie Anderson on Monday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the WVU Downtown Library’s Milano Room.

Zach Etienne and Sean McWilliams

LIGO and Virgo make first detection of gravitational waves produced by colliding neutron stars

(Editor’s Note: Citation is below.)

More than a mentor

More than a mentor

WVU social work professor honored for mentorship

The Gaziano Family

Tradition runs deep

Gaziano family creates WVU English professorship 

Annie Barrows

Annie Barrows, author of ‘The Truth According to Us,” to give reading Oct. 17

The Department of English at West Virginia University will host a reading by Annie Barrows on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the WVU Downtown Library’s Milano Room. 

Blake Mertz

WVU awarded $1 million grant from NSF for new High Performance Computing cluster

A three-year National Science Foundation grant totaling nearly $1 million will let  West Virginia University develop its next-generation  High Performance Computing, or HPC, cluster to advance computationally intensive research in a wide array of fields, from drug delivery to genomics and astrophysics. 

WVU Social Work program trains students to meet needs of rural West Virginia

WVU Social Work program trains students to meet needs of rural West Virginia

The School of Social Work at West Virginia University is working to overcome the shortage of behavioral health care providers in rural and medically underserved communities in West Virginia. 

Ebanks

WVU math senior awarded first Milliman Opportunity Scholarship

A desire to combine math and business in her future career led West Virginia University senior and McNair Scholar Maleesha Ebanks to receive the first Milliman Opportunity Scholarship, a scholarship for minority students who are underrepresented in the field of actuarial science.