Pi Day Celebration, hosted by Pi Mu Epsilon and the Thundering Nerds Math Club, was a huge success. The event featured Pi themed foods, activities and games. Activities included coloring Pi Day pictures, making bracelets and origami. There was also a Pie the Professor fundraiser in which students and faculty donated money to vote for

The Marshall University Biological Sciences Department traveled to Myrtle Beach, SC last week to attend the 2025 Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB) Meeting. We presented a total of 10 presentations, 2 talks and 8 posters – with 9 of those led by students! All travel expenses for our students were covered by various travel awards

West Virginia Alliance for STEM and the Arts partnered with Emmy nominated Director Katie Dellamaggiore of Rescued Media, and with our sponsors and partners around West Virginia, to bring their new program “Stories with STEAM – The Appalachian Circuit” featuring Small Town Universe to several communities in West Virginia. The event at Marshall took place

The night sky on Thursday was relatively clear for students from the Marshall University Astronomy Club (MUAC). They were able to set up a variety of their donated telescopes for club members and community members passing by to view the night sky (they set-up their Sky Watcher Dobsonian, Meade LX200, and Celestron C6). Mars and

Marshall University College of Science held the 11th annual West Virginia Science Olympiad Tournament on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Teams from around the state competed in STEM events during the day. Congratulations to all the winners and to Morgantown High School that won the overall competition! Morgantown High School will move on and participate in

Recently, undergraduate students from the Marshall University Astronomy Club (MUAC) and the Marshall University chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) visited kindergarten and second-grade classes at Our Lady of Fatima Parish School here in Huntington, WV. The students in the classes got the chance to observe terrestrial objects through a telescope and witness

This week graduate student Catherine Schwartzmann and associate professor Kyle Palmquist represented Marshall University and attended the 2025 Society of Range Management Annual Meeting in Spokane, Washington. This is a large meeting that brings together scientists and managers working on the ground. We met with existing collaborators and several new collaborators who have shared data

Alpha Phi Sigma (ΑΦΣ) is a national honor society for students studying criminal justice or related fields. It’s the only nationally recognized criminal justice honor society. The MU Alpha Phi Sigma’s Spring meet & greet was a success! We had a wonderful night full of food, friends, and trivia! Stay tuned for more upcoming events

The College of Science Research Expo, held in the Science Building on April 25th, is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to present their research projects conducted at Marshall University. Beginning March 3rd through March 28th, we will accept abstract submissions on topics of interest in: biology, chemistry, criminal justice, forensic science, digital forensics,

Congratulations, Dr. Laura McCunn! Professor Laura McCunn of the Department of Chemistry has published a research article, “Characterization of the pyrolysis products of 2-pyrone via matrix-isolation FTIR,” with a team of Marshall students and recent graduates. The article appears in a special issue of the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy that features work done by undergraduate