The Marshall University Minority Health Institute, located in the Marshall Department of Public Health, has awarded mini-grants to several community-based organizations throughout the region. The hope is to help organizations who are working to promote health equity and that predominantly serve racial or ethnic minorities in West Virginia.
The goal of the mini-grant program is to fund projects that reduce the burden of health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities throughout the state. Those programs meet the goal through health promotion, while addressing the social determinants of health. The Marshall University Minority Health Institute awarded 12 organizations as much as $5,000 including:… Read More
A bone marrow drive on Marshall University’s campus made all the difference in the life of a young girl and changed the life of a Marshall University student.
Cody Fuller was an exercise science student at the time, on a casual scroll through the Memorial Student Center in the Spring of 2019, when he saw friends at the DKMS Bone Marrow Donor Drive table and decided to participate.
Deutsche Knochen Mark Spenderdatei or DKMS is an international nonprofit bone marrow donor center based in Germany.
Little did Cody know that he would be a match for a one-year-old girl named Ella Siders. Ella had acute myeloid leukemia and Cody Fuller was a bone marrow match. Fuller underwent a procedure on February 17, 2020, just 3 days before his 21st birthday, to provide the bone marrow. And a day later, on February 18, Ella Siders received his donation and her life was saved.
Cody said to be able to help this young girl and this family meant the world to him.
“The donation experience has been the most special thing I have ever been a part of,” Fuller said. “The feeling to help Ella was unlike no other. I was so glad to help a little girl in her fight against cancer.”
Commenting in a video done by DKMS, Christina Siders, Ella’s mom, says Cody has meant the world to their family.… Read More
Josh Brunty, an associate professor in Marshall’s cyber forensics and security program in the College of Science, has been selected to serve on the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC). Brunty will serve as an academician commissioner.
Brunty has participated in a number of national and international organizations committed to the advancement of digital forensic science and digital evidence. FEPAC’s mission is to maintain and to enhance the quality of forensic science education through a formal evaluation and recognition of college-level academic programs.
Brunty’s research interests include applied social media forensics, mobile device exploitation and forensics, and image and video forensics. He has been a frequent speaker and guest lecturer throughout the country and written or co-written books and journal publications on digital forensics, mobile device forensics, and social media investigation. At Marshall, he also serves as advisor to the Collegiate Cyber Defense Team, which consistently ranks in the top 10 at National Cyber League competitions, winning the competition in the spring of 2020.… Read More
Marshall University's Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists is hosting its annual winter gala Saturday, Feb. 15, from 8-11 p.m. at the Mountain Health Arena in Huntington. The Masquerade Ball-themed event is a fundraiser for Huntington City Mission. Read More
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall University and Kindred Communications' 93.7 the DAWG are coming together again to host a special night of the Summer Concert Series Thursday, Aug. 29, from 6 until 10 p.m. at Pullman Square in downtown Huntington. Read More
The university has established a website to make information available as the search for a new president proceeds and to give people an opportunity to provide feedback. Read More
Biology professor Dr. Elmer Price has been awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation for his research on the brain and to support undergraduate students working on the project. Read More
Public relations students in the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications this summer won 13 state and regional awards from the Public Relations Society of America-West Virginia chapter. Read More
Dr. Michael Prewitt, dean of the College of Health Professions, has been named WSAZ’s most recent Hometown Hero. Read More
Marshall researchers will be part of a $20 million scientific research project funded by the National Science Foundation. The award was announced by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and the state's congressional delegation. Read More
Marshall University and New River Community and Technical College have entered into two agreements that will allow students of New River CTC to apply up to 72 of their credits earned to bachelor’s degrees at Marshall. Read More
The Special Collections Department and the Government Documents Department (Federal Depository Library Collection) in the James E. Morrow Library on Marshall University’s Huntington campus will be closed from Monday, Aug. 10, through Friday, Aug. 14.
These departments will be closed for staff development training, cleanup and maintenance of the University Archives and Manuscript Collections, and database maintenance. Read More
