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Virginia "Ginny" Thrasher and Morgan King were among five young women from theHonors Collegeto be endorsed byWest Virginia Universityto compete for three prestigious awards: the Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell scholarships.

A pair of researchers from West Virginia University have developed a new model to reliably predict the greenhouse gas fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane in coastal wetlands under rising temperatures and changing environments.

The largest estuary in the U.S., the Chesapeake Bay is home to more than 300 species of fish and numerous shellfish and crab species. It’s also home to Vibrio bacteria, a food-borne infection associated with eating undercooked seafood.

A research team from West Virginia University has been selected as a finalist for the Awards for Composites Excellence.

Antar Jutla, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at West Virginia University, is part of a British-led humanitarian team that is working to predict and prevent a major outbreak of cholera in war-torn Yemen.

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As the fall semester gets underway at West Virginia University, students from the Statler College are reflecting on the opportunities that took them around the globe this summer. Through internships, fellowships and work experiences, these students gained a wealth of knowledge that will guide them into their future careers.

Researchers at West Virginia University have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study methane emissions from natural gas well sites. The three-year grant comes with more than $320,000 in funding.

Robert O. "Bob" Orders, a longtime West Virginia businessman and WVU alumnus, will serve as chairman of the WVU Foundation board of directors.