Eberly News

Crystin Povenski

WVU Eberly College announces 2017 Outstanding Staff Award recipients

The WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences has named four recipients of its 2017 Outstanding Staff Award:  Crystin “Crys” Povenski, Vicki Snively, Hope Stewart and Robin Swaney. 

Geology student

WVU receives software gift from Schlumberger

For 10 years, geology students at West Virginia University have accessed the same software used by oil and gas companies worldwide, expanding their marketability for industry jobs. 

Gorman

‘No one ever thinks they’re going to be a refugee’

According to the United Nations, each minute 24 people flee their home because of violence or persecution.

John Renton

Leaving a legacy

Geology emeritus professor endows field camp scholarship

Thinking it Through: Refugees

Thinking it Through: Refugees

Hear what geography researcher Karen Culcasi found when she interviewed women in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.

Research shows loss of tree diversity could lower global forest productivity

Research shows loss of tree diversity could lower global forest productivity

Could cause billions of loss per year in forestry 

Ken Martis, professor emeritus of geography

Professor emeritus of geography endows scholarship for future students

As a first-generation high school and college graduate who grew up in a working family of Slovakian immigrants, West Virginia University Professor Emeritus Ken Martis is grateful for the life-changing opportunities sustained to him through higher education.

Kathleen Benison

Geologist explores ancient air pockets changing the history of Earth’s oxygen

Ancient air trapped in rock salt for 813 million years is changing the timeline of atmospheric changes and life on Earth. 

The collective estimated amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere from 140 coal mines across Pennsylvania is the equivalent to that of a small power plant, a new West Virginia University finds.

WVU geologist examines impact of carbon dioxide released from mine drainage

The collective estimated amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere from 140 coal mines across Pennsylvania is the equivalent to that of a small power plant, a new West Virginia University study finds.

Boren Scholars

Three WVU students to fly the globe for intensive language study as Boren Scholars

Food security, Middle Eastern history and agroecology may seem like very different subjects, but they brought three West Virginia University students to the same love – language.