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Marshall University will present women’s historian and author Dr. Marjorie J. Spruill, distinguished professor emerita of history from the University of South Carolina, in its first Amicus Curiae Lecture Series event of the spring semester. The lecture, “One Woman, One Vote: The Long Road to Ratification of the 19th Amendment,” will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall and will kick off several activities that Marshall has planned as part of its commemoration of the Nineteenth Amendment’s centennial celebration.

The Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine now offers the state’s first pediatric hospital medicine fellowship.

Skylar Cooper, a biomedical research graduate student at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, has been awarded a prestigious pharmacology/toxicology predoctoral research fellowship from the PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association) Foundation.

Elizabeth Appell Sheets will assume responsibility for Marshall University’s Lifelong Learning program early next month.

Students from Marshall University’s public radio station, WMUL-FM, received four Platinum Awards, eight Gold Awards and six Honorable Mention Awards in the MarCom Creative Awards 2019 Competition.

In their last scheduled meeting of 2019, the Marshall University Board of Governors approved another step toward construction of a new Lewis College of Business facility to be located at 4th Avenue and 15th Street, and okayed four new academic degree programs.

Marshall University School of Pharmacy has added a research track to its Doctor of Pharmacy program. The new certificate program will provide in-depth training and experience in scientific, clinical or educational research.

Findings from a recent research project, conducted by a Marshall University scientist and assistant professor in the Marshall University College of Science, with researchers in Texas, was recently published in the December issue of the prestigious online journal, Nature Communications.

A two-year, $250,000 health grant from Hearst Foundations will support the development of a comprehensive system of care through the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall Health for pregnant and parenting women on the road to recovery.

The Marshall University Alumni Association’s Greater Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky chapter has established an endowed scholarship to aid student recruitment and support students from the greater Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky area in their educational pursuits.