West Virginia University

Institutional Advancements

In addition to the high technological advancements the university has made, the Health Sciences division and university spending currently has over 800 million dollars in new construction including a joint venture between the Johns Hopkins University; The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences InstituteBRNI. The BRNI is the only institute of its kind in the world, and is dedicated to the sole study of human memory. Construction on the 87 million dollar facility is already underway, and is scheduled for completion in late 2006.

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The University has receieved growing national recognition for its Forensic Science and engineering programs. Upcoming projects include an engineering research park, advancements to the NASA/WVU IV&V Facility, as well as combined research with the Institute for Scientific Research http://www.isr.us/, who is building its national research headquarters within 20 miles of WVU's Morgantown campus in Fairmont, WV (A move from the University of California, at Berkeley).

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