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Important Accessibility Information for Faculty

WVU’s Office of Accessibility Services' new database Student Accommodation Management for Mountaineers (SAMM) is now available online, providing faculty members with easier access to information about the disability accommodations authorized in their classes.

WVU in the News: Don't Forget Our Frontline Caregivers in the Opioid Epidemic

America’s opioid epidemic will go down in history alongside the Spanish flu, typhoid, polio and AIDS as one of our worst public health disasters. Between 1999 and 2017, almost 218,000 people in the United States died from overdoses connected to prescription opioids, and almost as many more died from overdoses connected to illicit opioids. Of the 70,000 drug overdose deaths in 2017, two-thirds of them were opioid-connected. Deaths continue at the rate of 130 a day.

WVU HSC celebrates National Postdoc Appreciation Week

Since 2009, the NPA has sponsored National Postdoc Appreciation Day/Week to recognize the significant contributions that postdoctoral scholars make to U.S. research and discovery. WVU HSC will be celebrating the HSC Postdocs on Thursday, September 19th, Noon-1:00 PM, in the hallway behind the Pylons lobby. Everyone is welcome to stop by for scientific posters, pizza and cake.