West Virginia University

Forget global warming: We're getting too lazy to reproduce

2013-02-05 13:37:00

Sometimes, headlines alone can tell a story. Start with this one from The Times: “Baby boomers may live longer, but their elders were healthier.” And while you’re pondering that, check this one out: “Sperm count low among couch...

Baby boomers may live longer, but their elders were healthier

2013-02-04 16:04:00

At midlife, the nation’s 78 million baby boomers appear to be in worse health than the generation that preceded them, a new study finds. Researchers from West Virginia University School of Medicine and the Medical University of South Carolina knew...

The anthrax killings: A troubled mind

2011-05-29 16:27:00

He roamed the University of Cincinnati campus with a loaded gun. When his rage overflowed, the brainy microbiology major would open fire inside empty buildings, visualizing a wall clock or other object as a person who had done him wrong. By the mid-...

Jones recalls idolizing football hero friend

2013-05-17 09:04:02

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- More than 40 years ago, New York native Rocco Turso met a skinny, blond-haired kid at the Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg. That kid was a young Danny Jones who went on to become Kanawha County sheriff, a state legislator and...

Taxing sugary drinks in W.Va. advised

2013-05-18 00:00:00

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- To reduce West Virginia's obesity rate, the state should consider an educational campaign funded by a small tax on sugary beverages, an obesity expert said Friday. "We're not trying to get people to drink less soda . . . by...

Business people, Friday, May 17

2013-05-17 04:44:01

Ryan Kent has joined the Bowles Rice LLP law firm as an associate practicing in the areas of energy, oil, natural gas, real estate, and tax law. A graduate of West Virginia University, he will work out of the firm's Parkersburg office. Bowles Rice LLP...

Thomas C. Bernhardt, leader of pharmacists

2013-05-16 02:04:02

Thomas C. Bernhardt, 64, of Mount Laurel, president of the New Jersey Pharmacists Association in 1989-90, died of a heart attack on Monday, May 13, at his home. Mr. Bernhardt was a faculty member of the department of pharmacy practice at the...

Former business school deans sue WVU over 2007 degree scandal, demand reputations be repaired

2013-05-15 09:05:42

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Six years after a degree scandal shook West Virginia University and forced its president to resign, two professors are demanding their tarnished reputations be restored. Former business school dean Stephen Sears and...

PVH welcomes ophthalmologist

2013-05-15 13:04:02

Heather Skeens, MD, an ophthalmologist from West Virginia Eye Consultants in Charleston will start providing services at Pleasant Valley Hospital starting Wednesday, May 15. Skeens is a cornea fellowship-trained ophthalmologist who specializes in the...

Hurricane student receives WVU Foundation Scholarship

2013-05-15 04:34:02

CHARLETON, W.Va. -- A Putnam County student has been awarded West Virginia University's most prestigious scholarship. Julie Peng, a senior at Hurricane High School, was awarded WVU's Foundation Scholarship Tuesday. She's one of five high school...

New names announced for hospitals in Berkeley, Jefferson counties

2013-05-13 16:35:00

What were, until Monday, City Hospital in Martinsburg and Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Charles Town, W.Va., are now Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center, both under the umbrella of University Healthcare. The new names were announced...

Five inducted into 'Ag Hall of Fame'

2013-05-12 12:44:02

During their recent annual banquet, members of the Mason County Vocational FFA Chapter inducted five new members into the Ag Hall of Fame. The five newest members of the Ag Hall of Fame are Dorsel Keefer, Rodney Wallbrown, Don Henderson, Arville...

Camille Heim, left, is presented the Frank W. Vigneault Memorial Scholarship by Arthur Jacknowitz, professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy.

2012-06-04 07:29:00

Zelda Hoover recovered from a fall in time to attend her grandson Billy Stewart's graduation from West Virginia University with a master's degree in occupational therapy in 2010.

2012-04-28 13:03:00