Outreach News Archive
Two stellar events are being held this month at the Huntington Museum of Art! NASA Solar System Ambassador and Marshall University Grad Student Ellie White will be speaking and having a… Read More
Marshall at Tri-State STEM+M College and Career Fair
November 13, 2024 · Outreach, Science Abstracts
Sarah, our new Director of Stakeholder Engagement had a great time representing Marshall University College of Engineering and Computer Sciences and the College of Science at the Tri-State STEM+M college and career fair in South Point yesterday! It was inspiring to meet so many talented students eager to explore new… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Holly Cyphert and Dr. Sean McBride for being awarded funding from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium to host NASA Day events. STEM Biology Summer Day Camp Dr. Holly Cyphert will run a one-day STEM immersion camp aimed at exposing area children from 4th to… Read More
Fourth and fifth grade students at Altizer Elementary in Huntington had a great time experiencing the portable planetarium with Dr. Sachiko McBride!
Thank you once again Huntington Middle School and Ms. Sowards for inviting Dr. McBride, advisor of the Society of Physics Students and Associate Professor in the Mathematics and Physics Department, along with his previous College Physics students Madison Corey and Haylea Castle, to help with this year’s pumpkin drop! Fun… Read More
Registration now open for 2025 WV Science Olympiad
October 28, 2024 · Outreach, Science Abstracts
Registration is now open for the 2025 West Virginia Science Olympiad, which will take place at Marshall University on March 1, 2025. Middle school and high school teams can register online. Science Olympiad, established in 1984, is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of science education… Read More
Does mathematics scare you? Don’t be frightened! Students from Pi Mu Epsilon and the Thundering Nerds Math Club have created a math puzzle for display at the Kenova Pumpkin House. They volunteered at the Pumpkin House by carving pumpkins and assembling a puzzle as well as completing… Read More
Chemistry faculty and student members of the Alpha Chi Sigma Professional Fraternity organized hands-on science activities for the Fall Festival at Heritage Farm. Children made shadow art prints using cyanotype paper and ultraviolet light from the sun. They also tried diffraction glasses to view a rainbow of colors emitted from… Read More
Approximately 100 rising ninth graders from throughout West Virginia who are part of Marshall University’s annual Health Science and Technology Academy (HSTA) had a fantastic experience at the Science Demo Show on July 9th. Participants got to ‘see’ sound with fire, walk on a non-Newtonian fluid, see Bernoulli’s principle… Read More
WV high school students having fun at the anatomical summer camp training at Marshall campus led by Dr. Habiba Chirchir. They learned about kidney and heart anatomy as they dissected sheep kidneys and cow hearts. The training was funded by the American Association for Anatomy. Read More