Congratulations to Canary, winner of the Feature category at the 2024 Jackson Wild Media Awards! This remarkable achievement is a testament to the entire Canary team’s dedication. The film follows Marshall University and College of Science alumnus Dr. Lonnie Thompson as he seeks Earth’s history contained in glaciers atop the tallest mountains in the world.

Math professor Dr. Tom Cuchta was invited to speak in a special session titled “Hypergeometric Functions, Orthogonal Polynomials, and Multivariable Polynomials” at the 8th Approximation Theory and Special Functions conference held in Ankara, Türkiye on 4-6 September 2024. His talk was on some recent and forthcoming research on hypergeometric functions and was titled “Discrete and

We’re thrilled to share that Assistant Professor Autumn Starcher-Patton has been awarded a $150,000 capacity building grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture! Her project, “Agriculture and Natural Resources Microcredentials to Support Workforce Development in Southwestern West Virginia,” aims to make a significant impact in our region. Here’s what’s in store: Assessing

Join us in Costa Rica summer 2025! MU Biological Sciences will be offering a Tropical Biology and Conservation course in Costa Rica from June 10-25, 2025. The registration deadline is February 1, 2025. We will be showcasing this and other opportunities at the MU Study Abroad Fair on September 4, 2024 in the MSC from

In Dr. Josh Brunty’s own words. “Earlier today, I had the honor of speaking on a cybersecurity panel at The Greenbrier Hotel & Resort with distinguished panelists from West Virginia University, West Virginia State University, the Department of Defense, and The College Board at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Annual Business Summit. It was

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $340,000 to Marshall University to acquire a state-of-the-art Rigaku SmartLab SE X-ray Diffraction system, to be housed in the College of Science at Marshall University. This grant was awarded through the NSF’s Major Research Instrumentation Program, which supports faculty members in obtaining expensive, cutting-edge research tools that

On July 26th, ten STEM student researchers presented summaries of their efforts performed over 10 weeks of the summer in a variety of laboratories on the Marshall campus. The objective of the SURE program is to enhance the intellectual infrastructure of the state by supporting undergraduates who are interested in performing research in any STEM

Professor Laura McCunn received a three-year, $75,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund to study “Pyrolysis Reactions of Polyvinylchloride Derivatives.” The objective of this project is to elucidate how chemical structure affects the pyrolysis reactions of chlorinated hydrocarbons that are produced during the pyrolysis of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a plastic derived from

The Armstead laboratory has received National Science Foundation (NSF) funding for research building climate resilience capacity in the Appalachian Region. The project, led by the University of Louisville, will engage rural communities in interdisciplinary hydro-related research and technological development to gain basic knowledge of flash flooding, mitigate the impact of flash floods and improve community

For 35 years, Yeager Scholars from Marshall University have traveled to the “city of dreaming spires” to further their education in literature or political science. The Ferguson Class of 2026, which includes four students from the College of Science, is the latest group of students to make the journey to Oxford in the name of