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Research conducted by Robert O. Clark of Marshall University’s Department of Biological Sciences and colleagues from Marshall unveils a new species of plesiosaur, Unktaheela specta. Their findings, published this week in Cretaceous Research introduce a polycotylid plesiosaur that hunted the inland seas of the North American Midwest 80 million years ago. Clark, academic laboratory manager

Marshall University will host a presentation by sociologist Dr. William H. Turner, in recognition of Black History Month and in conjunction with the Great Voices Speaker’s Series and the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Quality Initiative. The presentation will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, in the Drinko Library Atrium, located on the third floor.

An innovative study at Marshall University published in Arthroplasty Today explores the use of robotic-assisted joint replacement in revision knee scenarios, comparing the pre- and post-revision implant positions in a series of revision total knee arthroplasties (TKA) using a state-of-the-art robotic arm system. In this retrospective study, the orthopaedic team at the Marshall University Joan

Marshall University is offering a new scholarship program for students who transition from an undergraduate degree into a master’s degree program. The “One of the Herd” graduate tuition waiver will provide automatic financial aid of up to $500 for the first semester when a student completes an undergraduate degree in Spring 2024 or Summer 2024

Marshall University’s Student Veterans of America chapter was recently recognized with top honors, named as Chapter of the Year by the Student Veterans of America (SVA) organization. The announcement was made at NatCon 2024, the 16th annual national conference for SVA, held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville. “I am immensely

A Marshall University student has won the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship for study abroad. Gilman Scholars receive up to $5,000 to apply towards their study abroad or internship program costs with additional funding available for the study of a critical language overseas. Tyler Farley is one of the approximately 1,700 undergraduate students from across the

Marshall University will welcome prospective students in an open house at its Mid-Ohio Valley Center in Point Pleasant on Thursday, Jan. 11. Prospective students who attend the open house will receive information about program and class offerings at MOVC and will have an opportunity to meet and interact with faculty and staff. Sheila Fields, director

Marshall University professors Daniel Brazeau, Ph.D., and Gayle Brazeau, Ph.D., participated in an American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) delegation to Havana, Cuba, this month as part of a pharmacy education exchange program. “This was a wonderful opportunity to learn about health care, drug formulation and development including natural products, and pharmacy practices and

Dominic J. Raymond and Liam R. Skiffington, two fourth-year medical students at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, matched into residency programs at the nation’s top military health care facilities. Raymond, a native of Morgantown, West Virginia, successfully matched in operational medicine, a one-year residency program at Brooke Army Medical Center in

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine is proud to announce Charles H. McKown Jr., M.D., has been named dean emeritus in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of radiology and his exemplary leadership during his long-standing tenure as dean of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. At Marshall University,