Eberly News

The WVU School of Social Work is one of the premiere institutions in the state of West Virginia to gain an education in the field. WVU Online spoke with Jacki Englehardt, the MSW admissions and recruitment coordinator, Title IV-E coordinator and clinical instructor, as well as Mandy Weirich, MSW online program coordinator, gerontology program coordinator and service assistant professor. They discussed the school’s history, current program developments and their own professional paths that shaped their passion for social work.

Neuroscience is about the human condition.” And for Kathleen “Katie” Morrison, an assistant professor specializing in behavioral neuroscience psychology in the West Virginia University Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology, the human condition is defined by resiliency.

This year’s annual WVU Community Human Rights Film Series will highlight two films that examine wrongful convictions, incarceration, and access to education within the U.S. criminal legal system. This year’s films explore the human impact of systemic injustice, highlighting personal stories of resilience, accountability, and transformation. 

West Virginia University physicist Subhasish Mandal has been selected as a member of the 2026 class of Cottrell Scholars by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.

Eberly College professors featured as "power couples that are colleagues by day and spouses after hours." These faculty couples have made their relationships work thanks to their willingness to embrace each other’s passions.

Researchers uncover why trees differ in how they record atmospheric radiocarbon, clarifying key uncertainties related to reconstructing past cosmic events and preparing for future space‑weather hazards.

West Virginia University empowered budding innovator Don Brodie to succeed by nurturing his passion for science and sense of curiosity. More than 50 years later, Brodie and his wife, Linda, are enriching academics, research and more to help future generations excel with a $5 million gift to strengthen leadership at the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences.

Country Roads “remains an anthem across time, space, and context, even after 50 years,” according to Sarah Morris, assistant professor of English and coordinator of undergraduate writing at WVU. Her own experiences with the song, along with its historical and rhetorical legacy, inspired her to use it as a teaching tool and to research and write the book, “Lessons from ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads:’ Identity, (Be)Longing, and Imagined Landscapes.”

Becca Coltogirone, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology who also serves as an academic advisor and director of the undergraduate neuroscience program in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected for the December Faculty Feature.

Four Native American Studies students will discuss their research and experiences in this semester's NAS Directed Study course "Native Leadership and Contemporary Issues."