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Newswise: Expert on rural Appalachia champions coalition building and local knowledge
Released: 7-May-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Expert on rural Appalachia champions coalition building and local knowledge
West Virginia University

Research from a West Virginia University scholar of rural Appalachia shows how even the most marginalized communities can assert power and create change when they come together to form coalitions.

Newswise: Researchers to share expertise at international conference on mine water, reclamation
Released: 19-Apr-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Researchers to share expertise at international conference on mine water, reclamation
West Virginia University

West Virginia University will co-host the 2024 Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium and 15th International Mine Water Association Congress, bringing together mining, water and reclamation experts from around the world who will provide the latest updates on research, regulations and practices involving mine drainage, water quality and rare earth element extraction.

Newswise: Researcher studying worst western US megadrought in 1,200 years
Released: 17-Apr-2024 4:00 PM EDT
Researcher studying worst western US megadrought in 1,200 years
West Virginia University

Drylands in the western United States are currently in the grips of a 23-year “megadrought” and one West Virginia University researcher is working to gain a better understanding of this extreme climate event.

Newswise: WVU to help fill need for water workforce in Appalachian communities
Released: 10-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
WVU to help fill need for water workforce in Appalachian communities
West Virginia University

A $1.4 million demonstration grant from the U.S. Department of Labor supports the three-year initiative to develop paid summer internship partnerships with water and wastewater utilities serving disadvantaged areas of West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.

Newswise: Political scientist, students to look ‘behind the curtain’ at U.S. Supreme Court justices’ relationships
Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Political scientist, students to look ‘behind the curtain’ at U.S. Supreme Court justices’ relationships
West Virginia University

Jonathan King, assistant professor of political science at West Virginia University, will be traveling with graduate students to the Library of Congress in Washington to study and digitize the records, writings, opinion drafts and memos between U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and other justices.

Newswise: WVU technology innovations position West Virginia to lead hydrogen economy
Released: 22-Mar-2024 8:30 AM EDT
WVU technology innovations position West Virginia to lead hydrogen economy
West Virginia University

West Virginia University engineers have received a wave of federal support for research projects that will help slash the cost of clean hydrogen. The three U.S. Department of Energy grants for WVU studies total $15.8 million and are part of funds authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for research that advances the “Hydrogen Shot” goal of cutting the cost of clean hydrogen production to $1 per kilogram.

Newswise: Pharmacists using AI to help lower patient readmission rates
Released: 21-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Pharmacists using AI to help lower patient readmission rates
West Virginia University

An artificial intelligence tool West Virginia University health data scientists are developing could lessen medication errors that send recently discharged patients back to the hospital while reducing health care costs.

Newswise: Teachers from across US invited to teach, live and play in West Virginia
Released: 13-Mar-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Teachers from across US invited to teach, live and play in West Virginia
West Virginia University

Teachers Ascend into West Virginia, a first-of-its-kind national program based at West Virginia University and designed to attract teachers to the Mountain State, is now accepting applications.

Newswise: Researchers use AI to predict, detect Alzheimer’s disease
Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:30 AM EST
Researchers use AI to predict, detect Alzheimer’s disease
West Virginia University

Researchers at West Virginia University have identified a set of diagnostic metabolic biomarkers that can help them develop artificial intelligence tools to detect Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages, as well as determine risk factors and treatment interventions.

Newswise: Researcher working to identify trees likely to trigger power blackouts
Released: 13-Feb-2024 11:30 AM EST
Researcher working to identify trees likely to trigger power blackouts
West Virginia University

A West Virginia University urban forester is developing a method — with the help of artificial intelligence — to identify trees at risk of falling on power lines and causing blackouts.

Newswise: Researcher determines ADHD gives entrepreneurs an edge
Released: 6-Feb-2024 12:30 PM EST
Researcher determines ADHD gives entrepreneurs an edge
West Virginia University

The brains of people with ADHD function in ways that can benefit them as entrepreneurs, according to research from the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics.



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