Eberly News
WVU biology student connects sense of smell to brain diseases
Studying how insects’ wing movements affect their sense of smell has the potential to explain underlying causes of disorders like schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease and shortness of breath, according to new research from West Virginia University.
Meet the Grads: Morgan Stemler
More than 1,000 students from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will walk across the stage on Sunday, May 13 as they graduate from West Virginia University , ready to take on the world.
Record number of WVU students receive Fulbright Scholarships
A record number of West Virginia University students have been named Fulbright Scholars this year, doubling the previous record of five.
WVU biology student uses Appalachian forests to improve future climate predictions
A West Virginia University student is using Appalachian forests to improve predictions of future climate change.
Four WVU, Eberly College students to study abroad as Boren scholars
Four West Virginia University students have been awarded the prestigious Boren Scholarship and will spend a year immersed in the language and culture of countries that have been identified as critical to U.S. interests.
West Virginia Writers' Workshop to feature West Virginia Poet Laureate
West Virginia’s poet laureate and the winner of the prestigious Drue Heinz Literature Prize will be instructors at this summer’s West Virginia Writers’ Workshop. The workshop, in its 22nd year, will be held on West Virginia University’s downtown campus from July 19 to July 22.
The aftermath of conflict
WVU sociology professor studies post-conflict Iraq reconstruction
WVU English professor awarded prestigious Carnegie fellowship
West Virginia University English professor Stephanie Foote has been named one of the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellows for her work related to cultural production in and around the Anthropocene, the geological epoch in which human activity has had a global effect on Earth’s climate and environment.
Plein co-authors WV KIDS COUNT brief on children's issues
WV KIDS COUNT, in partnership with WVU Medicine Children’s and the WVU Rockefeller School of Public Policy and Politics, released the second in a series of six issue briefs on the well-being of children and families in West Virginia. This issue brief, “Accounting for Enrollment Success and Considering the Challenges Ahead for Children’s Health Insurance,” credits West Virginia for its Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) outreach and enrollment efforts.
Taste testing: Faculty exchange program brings professor from Mexico to WVU
Ángel Tuninetti, chair of the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and associate professor of Spanish at West Virginia University, will exchange classrooms this semester with Paola Vera Báez, professor of culinary anthropology at the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico, as part of a short-term faculty exchange program.