Eberly News

Regrowth
WVU biologist to use reclaimed mines for plant growth
WVU’s Eberly College announces 2017-18 Outstanding Researcher Award recipients
The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University has named two recipients of the 2017-18 Outstanding Researcher Award: Sean McWilliams and Aaron Metzger.
When lightning strikes
WVU physicists among collaborators granted $7 million to form U.S. Department of Energy center of excellence
WVU physicists tune the dynamics of exotic quantum particles
Physicists at West Virginia University have discovered a way to control a newly discovered quantum particle, potentially leading to faster computers and other electronic devices.

WVU students receive NASA Space Grant fellowships
Five students from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University have been awarded undergraduate fellowships from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium.

The human dimensions of water
WVU geography professor researches the connection between water and gender locally and internationally

The sound of silence
Using sound waves for biomedical breakthroughs
LIGO and Virgo make first detection of gravitational waves produced by colliding neutron stars
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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.
WVU professors to present at 2017 Shale Insight Conference
West Virginia University professors Paul Ziemkiewicz, Shikha Sharma and Tim Carr will present research on technology in the shale industry at the Shale Insight Conference on Wednesday, Sept. 27 in Pittsburgh, Pa.