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Newswise: WVU expert offers tips to balance rising prices and holiday spending
Released: 15-Nov-2022 1:00 PM EST
WVU expert offers tips to balance rising prices and holiday spending
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A West Virginia University Extension agent has advice for smart shopping this holiday season amid high inflation and economic uncertainty, at a time when consumers are expecting to spend more to get less.

Newswise: WVU expert offers tips for safe hunting season
Released: 14-Nov-2022 9:00 AM EST
WVU expert offers tips for safe hunting season
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With the woods calling to many this month, a West Virginia University Extension wildlife specialist is reminding hunters safety is a priority.

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Released: 7-Nov-2022 11:15 AM EST
WVU Extension helping veterans learn about agriculture through partnership with Operation Welcome Home
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Veterans and community members are gaining career knowledge and tools through agriculture as part of a cooperative effort between West Virginia University Extension and Operation Welcome Home, a project designed to support military members moving from active-duty service to civilian life.

Newswise: As respiratory illnesses increase, WVU experts share information to prevent possible ‘tridemic’
Released: 2-Nov-2022 8:05 AM EDT
As respiratory illnesses increase, WVU experts share information to prevent possible ‘tridemic’
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Respiratory illnesses are affected the United States as winter approaches, and a "tridemic" is possible with the flu, COVID-19 and RSV.

Newswise: Unlike turkeys headed for Thanksgiving tables, wild ones are vanishing as a WVU researcher hunts for clues
Released: 1-Nov-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Unlike turkeys headed for Thanksgiving tables, wild ones are vanishing as a WVU researcher hunts for clues
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Wild turkey populations are disappearing in many states and a West Virginia University researcher is working to find out why.

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Released: 20-Sep-2022 11:45 AM EDT
WVU researchers sift through the smoke to see how burn pits make veterans ill
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Researchers in the West Virginia University School of Medicine are using a customized stove in the University's Inhalation Facility to safely examine the harm that burn pit exposure can do. The stove burns pellets the School of Forestry has made to resemble the composition of burn pits at Iraq’s busiest military bases.

Newswise: WVU’s Project TRAIN lays a new track to support children affected by addiction at home
Released: 19-Sep-2022 12:45 PM EDT
WVU’s Project TRAIN lays a new track to support children affected by addiction at home
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One of every four children in the United States has a parent wrestling with drug or alcohol addiction, based on national data, and is at risk of developing a substance use disorder later in life. To break that cycle and give adults in those kids’ lives the tools to make a difference, West Virginia University’s Project TRAIN has expanded its program, originally focused on enabling K-12 teachers to support students affected by addiction, to youth camps statewide.

   
Newswise: WVU study finds control, fear and shame tactics don’t work for effective messaging
Released: 8-Sep-2022 11:45 AM EDT
WVU study finds control, fear and shame tactics don’t work for effective messaging
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Public messages should show respect for individual freedoms and personal choice and leave the politics at the door, if communicators expect compliance, according to researchers at West Virginia University’s John Chambers College of Business and Economics.

Newswise: WVU pharmaceutical experts caution ‘one pill can kill’ as new forms of fentanyl become more prevalent
Released: 30-Aug-2022 12:30 PM EDT
WVU pharmaceutical experts caution ‘one pill can kill’ as new forms of fentanyl become more prevalent
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Faculty members with the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy are issuing warnings about the rise of fentanyl in Mountain State communities and elsewhere following the recent seizure of a large amount of “rainbow fentanyl,” potent illegal pills resembling candy, by law enforcement officers in Monongalia County.

Newswise: ‘Church is a safe space,’ suggests WVU study on faith community nurses and mental health
Released: 25-Aug-2022 12:50 PM EDT
‘Church is a safe space,’ suggests WVU study on faith community nurses and mental health
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A new study from Veronica Gallo, a researcher with West Virginia University's School of Nursing, highlights how faith community nurses can be key to addressing the mental health needs of people who attend churches, mosques, synagogues and other houses of worship. Her findings appear in the Journal of Christian Nursing.

Newswise: WVU celebrates grand opening of Reynolds Hall with building’s namesake
Released: 22-Aug-2022 1:20 PM EDT
WVU celebrates grand opening of Reynolds Hall with building’s namesake
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West Virginia University will hold a grand opening ceremony to celebrate Reynolds Hall, the futuristic 186,000-square-foot business complex on Morgantown’s Waterfront made possible through the generosity of Bob and Laura Reynolds. The building is the new home of the John Chambers College of Business and Economics and its 3,700 students.

Newswise: WVU space robotics research helps Mars rovers find their footing 
Released: 10-Aug-2022 12:35 PM EDT
WVU space robotics research helps Mars rovers find their footing 
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West Virginia University scientists have developed a way for extraplanetary rovers to use nonvisual information to maneuver over treacherous terrain. This will help to prevent future losses of expensive equipment like that of the Martian exploration rover Spirit, which ceased communications after its wheels became trapped in invisibly shifting sands in 2010.

Newswise: WVU researchers work to restore iconic West Virginia red spruce forests 
Released: 3-Aug-2022 10:45 AM EDT
WVU researchers work to restore iconic West Virginia red spruce forests 
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Clearcutting and wildfires destroyed the red spruce which were once the dominant tree species in West Virginia. Today, only 10% of the state’s red spruce coverage remains and it faces a new threat in climate change. West Virginia University researchers are working toward restoring some of the original tree habitat by studying the long-term effects of climate change on red spruce and the surrounding environment.

Newswise: WVU studies climate change potential for carbon-hungry grasses planted on former mine lands
Released: 2-Aug-2022 9:20 AM EDT
WVU studies climate change potential for carbon-hungry grasses planted on former mine lands
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West Virginia University researchers are exploring the potential for certain grasses planted on reclaimed mine land to help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. A grant will support the two-year study at WVU’s West Virginia Water Research Institute.



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