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Marshall University students are invited to participate in a Black History Poster Contest, the theme of which is an image or design that best captures Carter G. Woodson’s goals for preserving and observing black history.

Tickets will go on sale at noon, Monday, Oct. 31, at the Marshall Artists Series box office or via Ticketmaster for a special showing of the Warner Bros. movie “We Are Marshall,” which premiered 10 years ago. The showing will take place Friday, Nov. 11, at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center.

Marshall University students are invited to take an experiential learning journey to understand where, why and how 795 million people live with chronic hunger in our modern world.

Marshall University has announced it is a partner with the University of Kentucky (UK) on a $19.8 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) that further develops clinical and translational science initiatives, emphasizing medical research relevant to the community and accelerating laboratory findings to the patient’s bedside.

Bruce A. Ratcliff, M.D., a local obstetrician and gynecologist, and professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has established an endowed scholarship with the School of Medicine.

The Marshall University Lewis College of Business has appointed three new division heads.

The 53rd annual Marshall University International Festival, sponsored by the Center for International Programs, returns to the Tri-State community from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Huntington’s Big Sandy Superstore Arena.

During the past 365 days, Darshana Shah, Ph.D., founding editor-in-chief of the Marshall Journal of Medicine and associate dean for the office of faculty advancement with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has learned volumes about the world of academic publishing.

Approximately 145-150 people, representing what Marshall University President Jerry Gilbert called “an elite group of our closest and largest contributors,” gathered at the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall on MU’s Huntington campus last Friday evening for the sixth annual donor recognition celebration.

Marshall University’s Hedrick Outstanding Faculty Award winner, Dr. Phillip Rutherford, will give a presentation, “On Arms and Eggs: GI Egg Mania on the Battlefields of World War II,” on Thursday, Oct. 27, in Drinko Library on the university’s Huntington campus.