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Team from Doddridge Middle School wins 32nd annual WVU Pumpkin Drop
Today, hundreds of pumpkins plummeted 11-stories from atop West Virginia University’s Engineering Sciences Building at the 32nd annual Pumpkin Drop. It was team 153 from Doddridge Middle School in West Union that went home with the top honors. Their pumpkin landed just one foot and two inches from the target, earning them the $100 first prize.
U.S. Navy recognizes mechanical and aerospace engineering professor for research contribution
A West Virginia University professor received a rare research award today (Oct.1) from the United States Navy for his contributions to a critical research effort.
Hand in glove: WVU researchers test safety measures for coal industry
While researchers atWest Virginia Universitywere testing coal miners’ safety gloves to help reduce lost-time accidents, they went a step further.Eduardo Sosa, a research associate professor inmechanical and aerospace engineeringin theBenjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, and Marta Moure, a post-doctoral fellow from Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain, reduced the need for future physical testing of the gloves through computer simulations.
WVU names 2019 class of Ruby Fellows
Seven students pursuing doctoral degrees at West Virginia Universityare receiving funding through the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows Program. Lauryn Alexander, Heather Baldwin, Elaine Christman, John Hansen, Emily Hughes, Alyssa Stonebraker and Nicholas Winch have been named to the eighth class of fellows.
A ten year partnership leading innovation in space exploration
In a private ceremony, the West Virginia Robotic Technology Center, operated by the West Virginia University Research Corporation, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center celebrated ten year of partnership and innovation.
Gee Mail: President surprises a new batch of ‘Good EGGs’
Eduardo Sosa, a research associate professor in the Statler College, is one of the featured 'Good EGGs' in a special edition of President E. Gordon Gee's Gee Mail.
Four WVU students awarded prestigious NSF summer research fellowships
Four West Virginia Universitystudents will spend their summer researching thermodynamic models, new material for aircraft under impact, glass in crime scene evidence and the dynamics of how proteins change.
WVU names 2019 Foundation Scholars
Five of the state’s best and brightest senior high school students who had their choice of some of the nation’s most esteemed colleges have chosen to attendWest Virginia Universityas 2019Foundation Scholars, the highest academic scholarship the University awards.
WVU, Marshall, Morgantown High and Buckhannon-Upshur students capture grand prizes in statewide business plan competitions
This year’s winning business ideas in theWest Virginia Collegiate and High School Business Plan Competitionsare a sign of the times: STEM learning, food and gaming. Three collegiate and two high school teams are a step closer to their entrepreneurial dreams, as entries fromWest Virginia University, Marshall University, Morgantown High School and Buckhannon-Upshur High School captured the grand prizes in the competitions April 12.