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College students from across the U.S. will visit West Virginia University this summer for their first research experiences. WVU’s Department of Psychology will host seven undergraduate students for intensive, eight-week research projects. The students will be on campus June 3-July 26 conducting independent studies under the guidance of faculty mentors.

Seven students to visit WVU for summer psychology research program

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College students from across the U.S. will visit West Virginia University this summer for their first research experiences.

From Morgantown to Bratislava, one pioneering Mountaineer is making memories as the first West Virginia University student to study abroad in Slovakia. Trinity Shaver is a rising senior majoring in psychology and minoring in sociology, statistics and women’s and gender studies. She spent the spring 2019 semester studying abroad at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.

WVU student first to study abroad in Slovakia

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From Morgantown to Bratislava, one pioneering Mountaineer is making memories as the first West Virginia University student to study abroad in Slovakia. 

Psychology students receive student activism awards

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The Council for Women’s Concerns has announced the inaugural awardees for its new student activism awards. Congratulations to Sidney Anderson, Alexis Lohman, Hannah Belt and Dalton Benedict. 

With more than 2.8 million occurring annually, traumatic brain injuries are one of the most pressing challenges facing the medical community. Survivors of TBI often experience chronic psychiatric symptoms such as increased risky decision-making and impulsivity, yet there are not treatments available. Researchers at West Virginia University are working to find solutions to help these patients improve their everyday quality of life. Cole Vonder Haar, an assistant professor of behavioral neuroscience in the WVU Department of Psychology, has received a five-year, $989,210 award from the National Institutes of Health to investigate potential treatments for psychiatric deficits arising from chronic TBI.

WVU psychologists receive NIH award to seek cures for chronic traumatic brain injuries

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With more than 2.8 million occurring annually, traumatic brain injuries are one of the most pressing challenges facing the medical community. 

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WVU Libraries names two Munn Scholars

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West Virginia University Libraries’ Teaching and Learning Committee has selected Hannah Coffey and Kelsey R. Eackles as 2019 Robert F. Munn Undergraduate Library scholars. 

Thirty Eberly College students selected for Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

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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!

Five West Virginia University women have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to teach English abroad next year. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program. Recipients are given a stipend to study, teach or conduct research while increasing mutual understanding between Americans and people of other countries. This new cohort makes 64 Fulbright scholars for West Virginia University. All the winners are from West Virginia. The 2019-20 scholars are: Jana El-Khatib from Hurricane Kaley Hensley from Chapmanville Karen Laska from Wheeling Jordan Miller from Wheeling Constantia Rhinehart from Elkins

Five WVU, Eberly College women named Fulbright Scholars

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Five  West Virginia University women have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to teach English abroad next year. 

WVU Undergraduate Mentorship Award recipients

Two Eberly College faculty honored with newly-expanded award for undergraduate research mentoring

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West Virginia University’s Office of the Provost has announced the recipients of the 2019 Faculty Award for Distinction in Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, expanded this year to honor faculty members in four categories: behavioral and social sciences, biosciences and health sciences, humanities and the arts, and physical sciences and technology. 

The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University has named recipients for its 2018-2019 outstanding teacher, researcher and service awards.

WVU’s Eberly College announces 2018-2019 Outstanding Faculty Awards

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The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University has named recipients for its 2018-2019 Outstanding Teacher, Researcher and Service awards.

This year, West Virginia University became the first university in the state to offer an undergraduate neuroscience major. The program, housed in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, is a dual effort between the departments of psychology and biology.

WVU to offer new neuroscience major

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This year, West Virginia University became the first university in the state to offer an undergraduate neuroscience major. The program, housed in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, is a dual effort between the departments of psychology and biology.