Eberly News

Three West Virginia University graduate students spent the 2018-2019 academic year as Graduate Student Climate Adaptation Partners scholars. They developed a digital library and webinar series based on their climate change research.

Brooke Eastman in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences and Gordon Dimmig and Sarah Mills from the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design represented WVU in the GradCAP program, which brought together 15 students from six Northeast Climate Hub partner universities located from Maine to West Virginia.

WVU students studying climate change effects in nature through national research program

Three  West Virginia University graduate students spent the 2018-2019 academic year as Graduate Student Climate Adaptation Partners scholars. They developed a digital library and webinar series based on their climate change research.

Jacki Englehardt

WVU social worker named West Virginia Social Worker of the Year

A West Virginia University faculty member has been named the 2019 West Virginia Social Worker of the Year. 

Reiley Clark

Meet the Grads: Reiley Clark

Meet the Grads: Reiley Clark

Earl Scime

Award-winning researcher Earl Scime named interim dean of WVU’s Statler College

Earl Scime has been named interim dean of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, the Office of the Provost announced today. Scime will move into the role on July 1. 

Timofei Kharisov

Meet the Grads: Timofei Kharisov

Meet the Grads: Timofei Kharisov

Four West Virginia University faculty members, all in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, have received grants from the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program to conduct research abroad.

The recipients are:
•	Nicholas Bowman, Associate Professor of Communication Studies 
•	Jay Krehbiel, Assistant Professor of Political Science 
•	Tamba M’Bayo, Associate Professor of History
•	Ángel Tuninetti, Professor of Spanish

Four WVU professors awarded Fulbright grants

Four West Virginia University faculty members, all in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, have received grants from the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program to conduct research abroad.

Thirty Eberly College students selected for Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

Through West Virginia University’s Office of Undergraduate Research, students can participate in research as early as their first semester on campus. Every semester, many Eberly College students take advantage of the resources provided by this office to match with faculty conducting research in their disciplines. The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience is an eight-week summer undergraduate research experience for students interested in careers in research or graduate school
within their disciplines. The selected students receive a stipend and conduct research full-time during those eight weeks. Congratulations to the 30 Eberly College students participating in SURE for 2019!

Two West Virginia University students’ novel research on ergot alkaloids and their importance to the fields of agriculture and medicine will take them to Capitol Hill to present their findings to members of Congress. 
Caroline Leadmon, from Hurricane, and Jessi Tyo, a Gassaway native, are among 60 students selected nationally by the Council on Undergraduate Research to participate in Posters on the Hill April 29-30.

WVU students selected to present research as part of Posters on the Hill

Two West Virginia University students’ novel research on ergot alkaloids and their importance to the fields of agriculture and medicine will take them to Capitol Hill to present their findings to members of Congress. 

2019 WVU Foundation Outstanding Teachers

WVU recognizes three Eberly College faculty members as Foundation Outstanding Teachers for 2019

Six West Virginia University faculty members have been recognized with the University’s 2019 Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching, which honors exceptional professors who go above and beyond to inspire their students. This year’s honorees are:

A West Virginia University industrial mathematics and statistics student is helping WVU baseball coaches improve their understanding of the strike zone.

Joseph Cuomo is a senior from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and a student manager for the WVU baseball team. Using the TrackMan radar system, which runs on a large radar panel installed behind home plate in Monongalia County Ballpark, Cuomo and the baseball staff collect data about pitches. The data ranges from pitchers’ extensions and release locations to pitch velocity and spin rate to the speed and location of where pitches cross home plate.

Batter up: WVU student improving baseball team’s analytics

WVU student improving baseball team's analytics