MURC News News Archive
Forensic science graduate students and faculty hosted a crime scene investigation event for talented and gifted middle school students from Lawrence County, Ohio, Thursday at Marshall University’s Crime Scene House. About 60 seventh- and eighth-grade students, staff and teachers from South Point, Rock Hill and Symmes Valley middle schools attended… Read More
Maria A. Serrat, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of anatomy and pathology at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has been named the 2015 recipient of the Basmajian Award by the American Association of Anatomists. Serrat will be recognized during the organization’s Annual Meeting at Experimental… Read More
An interactive, hands-on program introducing high school students to the world of cybercrime, cyber security and digital forensics will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, at the Marshall University Forensic Science Center. The program, called “Explore Digital Forensics & Cyber Security,” is part of the… Read More
More than 700 elementary school children from around the Tri-State region will visit Marshall University’s Memorial Student Center on Friday, March 6, to learn about the brain and nervous system through activities and games. The seventh Brain Expo to be held at Marshall runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Read More
Thirty-one students from Marshall University will be among more than 100 student researchers from across West Virginia who will present their discoveries tomorrow at the 12th Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol in Charleston. The event, which will take place from 9 a.m. to noon in the rotunda of the… Read More
One of the world’s leading kidney authorities and researchers will be speaking next week at Marshall University. Photo of Dr. Anita AperiaDr. Anita Aperia, professor of pediatrics at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and a former member of the Nobel Assembly, is widely recognized for her groundbreaking research contributions to medicine’s… Read More
Dr. Suzanne Konz of the Marshall University College of Health Professions is heading to next month’s NFL Combine to assist in the medical evaluation of more than 300 professional football hopefuls. Konz, director of the biomechanics laboratory and an associate professor in the college, said this is her seventh year… Read More
Three investigators join MIIR
January 29, 2015 · MURC News
Three investigators have joined the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research. Research at the institute is focused on a protein, Na/K-ATPase, that directs many cellular processes in the heart, kidney and other tissues. By studying how this cellular signaling occurs, MIIR researchers are working to develop new treatments for cancer, heart… Read More
CSX makes $25,000 gift to Rahall Appalachian Transportation Institute
January 28, 2015 · MURC News
CSX Corporation presented a gift of $25,000 to the Rahall Appalachian Transportation Institute, a National University Transportation Center based at Marshall University, in a ceremony Friday, Jan. 16. The presentation took place in the office of Interim MU President Gary White in Old Main on the Huntington campus. The gift… Read More
For just over a quarter of a century, Ronald J. Stanek, M.S., and Maurice A. Mufson, M.D., have worked as a team in the Virus Research Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Stanek received his master’s degree in biological sciences from… Read More