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 The Marshall University-founded history app, Clio, has received a $98,809 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities this month to improve accessibility of the app for users who are visually impaired. Clio will collaborate with the American Foundation for the Blind on the project.

Marshall University’s Recreation Center will host a Grand Re-Opening Night event for their new F45 studio from 5 to 9 p.m. with classes running from 5:30-6:15 p.m., 6:30-7:15 p.m. and 7:30-8:15 p.m.  Tuesday, Jan. 21.

The Cabell County Medical Society has elected Peter D. Ray, M.D., to serve as president of its board of directors for the 2020 calendar year.

The Marshall University School of Music will continue its lecture series, MUsic Mondays, at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, at the Cellar Door, 905 3rd Ave. in Huntington. The 2019-2020 series, titled “The B List,” is exploring composers whose surnames begin with “B,” culminating in the fall of 2020 with an all-Beethoven series to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

Marshall University has added an open textbook program for selected courses, designed to assist students with free educational materials from the Open Access Textbook program.

The Patricia “Patty” Green Graduate Strings Scholarship has been created in honor of Green, a past violin faculty member at Marshall University and beloved teacher to generations of Huntington residents.

The MUsic Alive Guest Artist and Faculty Collaboration Concert Series continues Jan 16-17 in Huntington, featuring the Capital Duo with Hilary Walther Cumming on violin and Duncan J. Cumming on piano.

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall Health and Hoops Family Children’s Hospital at Cabell Huntington Hospital medical and dental staff welcome Balaji Govindaswami, M.D., M.P.H., to their pediatric teams of providers.

Marshall University’s School of Art and Design will open two new art exhibits Monday, Jan. 13, a journalistic exhibit, “Aesthetic Journalism,” and a textile exhibit, “In Flux.”

Marshall University graduates and faculty member Dr. Philippe Georgel of the Department of Biological Sciences in Marshall’s College of Science have published research on the effects of emerging contaminants in major waterways, including the Ohio River. Their study, published in the journal “Water,” was supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.