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Last century financial regulations no match for today's market
An ineffective “top-down patchwork” of regulations will not save the United States economy from the next big and inevitable financial crisis.
Alumni endow scholarship for psychology research
From the time she was a high school junior, West Virginia University Ph.D. student Rebecca Delaney knew she wanted to pursue a career in psychology.

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.
Archaeologist examines elusive West Virginia Native Americans in new book
Not much is known about the Native Americans that inhabited West Virginia. The Fort Ancient people lived along the state’s major rivers between roughly AD 1,000 and 1,700, but by the time the first Europeans settled in the Ohio Valley and Kanawha Valley, they were gone.
New database to track millions of public policies
Policymakers, researchers and journalists alike will soon have access to roughly 4.2 million state government decisions in a single database.
New technology coordinates drones in team missions
A West Virginia University mathematics researcher has developed an algorithm to mobilize unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in team missions.
Psychologist explores connection between child abuse and mortality risk in women
A West Virginia University researcher is
investigating links between child abuse and mortality risk in women.

Unpacking heat
Sociologist releases first in-depth examination of rural police's gun control views
Shape Your Destiny: Daniel Szelc
Statistics alum David Szelc uses statistics to help improve the quality performance of Medicare beneficiaries in their health and drug services to optimize health outcomes. We followed up with him to see what he's been up to since earning his degree in statistics in 2010.
Leaving a legacy
Geology emeritus professor endows field camp scholarship