Press Releases

Renowned marketing expert and author to speak at WVU's College of Business and Economics March 1

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:31:00 EST

WVU?s business school will kick off the second half of its speaker series on March 1 with international marketing expert and author Dr. Juracy Parente. The Brazilian professor, who is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Florida this semester, is the first guest in the 2012 lineup of the WVU College of Business and Economics 60th Anniversary Speaker Series. Parente will present ?The Emerging Market for Low Income Consumers: A Brazilian Perspective? in B&E Room 459 at 6 p.m.

WVU faculty cellist William Skidmore gives recital in honor of pending retirement

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:00 EST

Cellist William Skidmore of the West Virginia University School of Music faculty will present his "Third, Semi-Annual Recital Forewarning Pending Retirement" Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Creative Arts Center.

Guest artist recital at WVU celebrates anniversaries of French composers

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:31:00 EST

Pianist M. Wesley Roberts, who is professor of music at Campbellsville University in Kentucky, will present a guest artist recital at the Creative Arts Center, Wednesday, Feb. 29, featuring works celebrating the anniversaries of French composers Debussy, Ibert and Messiaen in 2012.

WVU 'Art Up Close!' event to feature sculpture by the inventor of the geodesic dome

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:04:00 EST

The Art Museum of West Virginia University and The Friends of the Museum announce their next "Art Up Close!" event of the spring semester, focusing on individual works of art from the museum collection.

High schoolers' discovery of millisecond pulsar may help astronomers detect elusive gravitational waves

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:01:00 EST

Five high school students working with the Pulsar Search Collaboratory -- a joint project of West Virginia University and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank -- have discovered a new star that may someday help astronomers detect ripples in spacetime known as gravitational waves.

Cirque Dreams' 'Pop Goes The Rock' has sold out

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:26:00 EST

WVU offers Mid-Semester Help Center for students seeking academic assistance

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:32:00 EST

West Virginia University?s Division of Student Affairs will be offering the Mid-Semester Help Center on Monday, March 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Mountainlair Commons area and from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center to help students.

Ancient artifacts donated to WV Natural History Museum

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:54:00 EST

The West Virginia Natural History Museum recently received an in-kind donation of world class stone-age artifacts displaying and representing the entire range of paleolithic tool technology dating from 2.5-million-year-old Unifacial Mode I Oldawan cobble choppers to the 5,000-year-old neolithic hafted arrowheads and includes every major tool tradition in between. The donation is valued at $367,000.

'WVU News' students claim national, international awards for student-produced newscast

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:09:00 EST

WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism students continue to garner national and international recognition for their work on "WVU News," a student-produced newscast.

WVU's Mountaineer mascot is more than a symbol for the University

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:24:00 EST

The Mountaineer mascot is more than an athletic mascot, and the four WVU students seeking to become the next one to don the buckskins and carry the rifle understand that.