Eberly News

Articles for the month of January 2019

A field trip to Namibia to study volcanic rocks led to an unexpected discovery by West Virginia University geologists Graham Andrews and Sarah Brown. While exploring the desert country located in southern Africa, they stumbled upon a peculiar land formation—flat desert scattered with hundreds of long, steep hills. They quickly realized the bumpy landscape was shaped by drumlins, a type of hill often found in places once covered in glaciers, an abnormal characteristic for desert landscapes.

Unearthing an ice age in the African desert

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A field trip to Namibia to study volcanic rocks led to an unexpected discovery by West Virginia University geologists Graham Andrews and Sarah Brown. 

Karissa Bjorkgren, a second-year student in the Master of Social Work and Master of Public Administration programs at West Virginia University, is dedicated to addressing mental health in rural communities. A native of Franklin, West Virginia, Bjorkgren has experienced first-hand how infrequently rural communities in West Virginia address mental health concerns. She hopes her research will help overcome this disparity.

The heart and the brain: Connecting social work and public administration

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Karissa Bjorkgren, a second-year student in the Master of Social Work and Master of Public Administration programs at West Virginia University, is dedicated to addressing mental health in rural communities.

As an undergraduate student, Krista Bresock never imagined that she would pursue a degree in mathematics. However, after an eye-opening conversation with a teaching assistant during an office hour visit, Bresock decided to take additional math courses and quickly developed a passion for the subject.

Rethinking how we teach mathematics

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As an undergraduate student, Krista Bresock never imagined that she would pursue a degree in mathematics. However, after an eye-opening conversation with a teaching assistant during an office hour visit, Bresock decided to take additional math courses and quickly developed a passion for the subject.

WVU students receive NASA Space Grant fellowships

WVU students receive NASA Space Grant fellowships

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Eight students from West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded undergraduate fellowships from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium for the 2018-2019 academic year.

WVU’s Intensive English Program to return to Eberly College

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As a result of discussions between the Office of Global Affairs, the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and the Office of the Provost, West Virginia University’s Intensive English Program will return to its original home in the Eberly College.

Duncan Lorimer has been named the associate dean research in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University. The associate dean for research is responsible for leading faculty in research, research program development and intellectual property activities. As part of the Eberly College’s senior leadership, Lorimer will facilitate independent research and interdisciplinary research projects between the Eberly College, other WVU colleges and schools and outside collaborators. He will also monitor research metrics, develop college research policies and practices and lead the Eberly College’s Office of Research.

WVU’s Lorimer named associate dean for external research development in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

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Duncan Lorimer has been named the associate dean for research in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University. 

For more than a decade, geology students at West Virginia University have used the same advanced software used by oil and gas companies worldwide, expanding their marketability for industry jobs. Petroleum Experts Limited has furthered this access with an in-kind gift of its MOVE software, valued at $2.2 million.

WVU receives $2.2 million software gift from Petroleum Experts Limited

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For more than a decade, geology students at  West Virginia University have used the same advanced software used by oil and gas companies worldwide, expanding their marketability for industry jobs. 

A West Virginia University physics student has created a new machine-learning model that has the potential to make searching for energy and environmental materials more efficient. Gihan Panapitiya, a doctoral student from Sri Lanka, published a study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society using the model to predict the adsorption energies, or adhesive capabilities, in gold nanoparticles.

WVU physics student develops machine-learning model for energy and environmental applications

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A West Virginia University physics student has created a new machine-learning model that has the potential to make searching for energy and environmental materials more efficient.