Eberly News

Hessl

Geography professor awarded Fulbright Senior Scholarship

Amy Hessl will travel to Australia to study the southern hemisphere’s climate history

Crystin Povenski

WVU Eberly College announces 2017 Outstanding Staff Award recipients

The WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences has named four recipients of its 2017 Outstanding Staff Award:  Crystin “Crys” Povenski, Vicki Snively, Hope Stewart and Robin Swaney. 

Geology student

WVU receives software gift from Schlumberger

For 10 years, geology students at West Virginia University have accessed the same software used by oil and gas companies worldwide, expanding their marketability for industry jobs. 

Gorman

‘No one ever thinks they’re going to be a refugee’

According to the United Nations, each minute 24 people flee their home because of violence or persecution.

John Renton

Leaving a legacy

Geology emeritus professor endows field camp scholarship

Thinking it Through: Refugees

Thinking it Through: Refugees

Hear what geography researcher Karen Culcasi found when she interviewed women in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.

Research shows loss of tree diversity could lower global forest productivity

Research shows loss of tree diversity could lower global forest productivity

Could cause billions of loss per year in forestry 

Ken Martis, professor emeritus of geography

Professor emeritus of geography endows scholarship for future students

As a first-generation high school and college graduate who grew up in a working family of Slovakian immigrants, West Virginia University Professor Emeritus Ken Martis is grateful for the life-changing opportunities sustained to him through higher education.

Kathleen Benison

Geologist explores ancient air pockets changing the history of Earth’s oxygen

Ancient air trapped in rock salt for 813 million years is changing the timeline of atmospheric changes and life on Earth.