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Smith Street between Morris and Ruffner Avenue is closed after a crash sent the utility pole down. The immediate area is blocked as a result.Emergency crews responded to the crash after a man driving
Driver flees crash scene after crash knocks down utility pole in Charleston
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Three people were inside this burning home but managed to get out safely.
Firefighters are battling a massive fire in East Bank in Kanawha County. A house on Walnut Street went up in flames around 5:15 a.m. Firefighters said two people were home at the time but managed to
Three escape massive fire in a home on Walnut Street in Kanawha County
Senator jay Rockefeller today announced that a West Virginia University professor has been awarded almost $800,000 in federal funding to support astronomy research.
"I'm proud of the caliber of faculty at West Virginia University to secure such a competitive and prestigious award. Over the past five years, 10 members of the WVU faculty have been selected for a career award from the National Science Foundation" Rockefeller said.
"faculty that excel in research and teaching are an incredible asset to our student in furthering their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and math subjects." These grants will also allow students to study science beyond earth as they look to the universe."
Dr. Daniel Pisano, the principal investor, will use the funds from the National Science Foundation CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development Program to test the hypothesis that galaxies form and grow by collecting the hydrogen gas surrounding them and incorporating it into the galaxy to make new stars.
Dr. Pisano will also work with middle school students to inspire their interest in STEM subjects and careers. They will use a collection of images of nearby galaxies called The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey, taken using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array in New Mexico. Students will use these publicly available images to examine the composition and motion of the galaxies and obtain brand new images of their own using the telescopes in the United States, Europe and Chile that can be remotely controlled from their classrooms
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