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Hessl

Geography professor awarded Fulbright Senior Scholarship

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

Rose Casey

Casey awarded West Virginia Humanities Council fellowship

Rose Casey, assistant professor in the Department of English, has been awarded a fellowship from the West Virginia Humanities Council to assist with a chapter for her first book manuscript. 

Mark Koepke

Koepke chosen chair-elect of national laser user group

On April 26, Mark Koepke, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, was chosen as chair-elect of the OMEGA Laser User Group. 

Finding positive responses during divisive times

Finding positive responses during divisive times

After the 2016 elections, emotions were heightened and a number of students across the country found it difficult to go home for the holiday break and face family members with strong opinions that differed from their own. 

Sydney Brooks and Tony Allen

NSF awards research fellowships to two Eberly students

Two West Virginia University  undergraduate students have been awarded National Science Foundation-funded summer research fellowships with the  National Institute for Standards and Technology, one of the leading research organizations in the world.  

Historian uncovers untold story of early defense contractor, Methodist leader

Historian uncovers untold story of early defense contractor, Methodist leader

From rags to riches, an unknown immigrant was a catalyst for industrialization and religion alike in the United States.  

Talking twang

Talking twang

Study examines how dialect impacts learning in Appalachian classrooms 

Bell

Put some putty on it

Chemistry professor exploring use of putty to collect gun residue samples

Kenneth Showalter

Echoes discovered in chemical reactions

Echoes exist in many forms: reflections of sound in acoustics, signal reflections in telecommunication frequencies, even Amazon’s new “smart” speaker. 

WVU helps find origins of mysterious, ultra-powerful bursts in space

WVU helps find origins of mysterious, ultra-powerful bursts in space

You can’t see it, but billions of light years away cosmic flash bulbs are popping and no one knows why.