Eberly News

A global team of astronomers, including one from  West Virginia University, have for the first time detected repeating short-duration bursts of radio waves from an enigmatic source which is likely located well beyond the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. The findings indicate that these “fast radio bursts,” or FRBs, come from an extremely powerful object which occasionally produces multiple bursts in under a minute.

While educators face the increasing challenge of shaping America's youth with decreasing budgets, West Virginia University is encouraging teachers to brainstorm ways to lessen the gap by sharing classroom success strategies and developing metrics to rethink how education spending and performance are linked.

The WVU Department of Forensic and Investigative Science has taken the lead in forensic science education once again by developing a new Ph.D. program which was approved last week by the West Virginia University Board of Governors.

West Virginia University Associate Professor Katy Ryan has been named an Eberly Distinguished Professor of Teaching. The intent of the distinguished professorship is to retain and reward faculty of the highest quality.

The Department of English and Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University will host two talks by celebrated author and environmental leader Mike Tidwell in conjunction with the Helen Coast Hayes Peace Lecture on Tuesday, March 1.

Sometimes, things just fall together in a way that seems like destiny.

West Virginia University will provide guidance to a group of international officials seeking to develop unconventional gas resources this spring.

Research on fish may lead to breakthroughs in neuroscience and how sensory information is processed.

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?

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.