Eberly News
WVU English professor wins award for 'The Newspaper Warrior'
Sometimes, things just fall together in a way that seems like destiny.
WVU researchers offering workshops to help countries understand unconventional gas resources
West Virginia University will provide guidance to a group of international officials seeking to develop unconventional gas resources this spring.
A WVU biology professor asks: How do electric fish process signal patterns?
Research on fish may lead to breakthroughs in neuroscience and how sensory information is processed.
Department of English lecture to address the value of Civil War letters Feb. 10
Letters are among Civil War historians’ most valued and widely used sources, but as a distinctive form of written expression, they are not well understood. They contain a lot of information about the war, but what kind of information, mediated in what ways?
“You don't have to have that whole road mapped out right now.”
The Eberly Experience is a series of interviews with faculty covering their personal journeys behind their professional and academic success. Elizabeth Juckett, a professor in the Department of English, has served the University since 1989.
Gift from WVU geology alumni helps create student field experience fund
West Virginia University graduates Pamela (MS ‘88) and Dan (MS ‘89) Billman recently pledged to establish a permanent endowment in support of student field experiences for geology students in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences.
The Programs for Multi and Interdisciplinary Studies Make Strong Showing at Association for Interdisciplinary Studies Conference
Merrimack College in North Andover, MA hosted the 37th annual Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS) conference October 22-25, 2015. AIS attracts scholars and administrators from across the country and from around the world with a keen interest in developing and promoting research, pedagogy, and programs in integrative and interdisciplinary studies. The conference theme was “Impact for the Common Good” and included many presentations from Eberly College’s Program for Multi and Interdisciplinary Studies.
WVU professor's prevention-focused mental health care education wins Journal of Social Work's Best Teaching Note
With recent incidents of gun violence across the country building a renewed focus on mental health, Carrie Rishel, associate professor in the School of Social Work at West Virginia University, said social workers have a unique role to play in such care.