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  • WVU in the News: Why spiders scare us, and when fear dampens daily life

    Monday, April 27, 2026

    For the millions afflicted with arachnophobia — even those living in places like Western Pennsylvania, where spiders pose little real danger — that question feels anything but simple or lighthearted.

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  • WVU in the News: WVU expert shares information about deadly chemical leak

    Monday, April 27, 2026

    Two people were killed and dozens injured, including emergency responders, after a volatile reaction at a chemical manufacturing facility in Nitro, West Virginia on Wednesday April 22, 2026. A chemical reaction occurred at Catalyst Refiners Inc. during a cleaning process involving a tank at the facility, creating hydrogen sulfide.

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  • WVU in the News: Dr. Richard Goldberg on Curing Colorectal Cancer

    Monday, April 27, 2026

    In this interview, hosted by Dr. Amalya Sargsyan, renowned GI oncologist Dr. Richard M. Goldberg, Director Emeritus of the West Virginia University Cancer Institute and Professor Emeritus at West Virginia University in Morgantown, explores the evolving landscape of colorectal cancer treatment, with a particular focus on the growing challenge of young-onset disease.

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  • 4 WVU students named Goldwater Scholars, a University first

    Thursday, April 23, 2026

    For the first time, West Virginia University has four recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s premier undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, engineering and natural sciences that supports students with a strong commitment to research careers.

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  • WVU Eye Institute outreach initiative provides residents with opportunity to deliver critical vision evaluation services to WVSDB students

    Wednesday, April 22, 2026

    An outreach initiative at the West Virginia University Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is providing a unique training opportunity for ophthalmology residents, as they travel to the state’s lone specialized school for blind and deaf children to deliver critical vision evaluation services.

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