Topic: Marshall U Latest News

[Flat Tire 2]

MU Cyber competition team places 14th at National Cyber League competition
June 16, 2023
Marshall University?s cyber competition team placed 14th of 450 colleges and universities in the National Cyber League?s Spring 2023 season. Students performed in individual and team events that showcase the real-world cybersecurity skills they would use in the workplace.

Students Andrew Clark, Ethen Endres, Alisha Joseph, John McFee, Samuel Adkins, Emma Meadows and Robert Miller II, who were coached by Marshall Associate Professor Josh Brunty, were recognized for outstanding performance.
https://www.marshall.edu/news/2023/06/cyber-competition-team-places-14th-at-national-cyber-league-competition/




Marshall names Dr. David Gozal new school of medicine dean
June 19, 2023
Marshall University President Brad D. Smith today announced that Dr. David Gozal, a pediatric pulmonologist and world-renowned pediatric sleep expert, has been named the incoming dean and vice president for health affairs at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine.
The selection of Gozal is the culmination of a six-month national search.

Gozal comes to Marshall from the University of Missouri (UM), where he served as the Marie M. and Harry L. Smith Endowed Chair and Chairman of the Department of Child Health, as well as the Physician-in-Chief of the University of Missouri Health Children?s Hospital.

Prior to his work at UM, Gozal served in positions at Tulane University, University of Louisville, and the University of Chicago, among others.  The recipient of dozens of honors, awards and recognitions for his work, Gozal has been a federally funded National Institutes of Health researcher since 1992. He has published over 850 peer-reviewed original articles with more than 80,000 citations, making him one of the most highly cited researchers in his discipline.

He graduated from Hebrew University of Jerusalem with his Doctor of Medicine degree, completed a pediatric residency in Israel, followed by a fellowship in in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine at Children?s Hospital of Los Angeles. Additionally, he earned MBA degrees from Georgetown University and ESADE in Barcelona, Spain.
https://www.marshall.edu/news/2023/06/marshall-names-dr-david-gozal-new-school-of-medicine-dean/

Nice job by MU officials to attract a top candidate to Huntington.

[Garbanjo]

Gozal's credentials are fantastic on paper

Hope he makes a great Dean of the med school

[coalherd]

Good news at MU just keeps on "keepin on", IMO.  The completion of both the Smith Business facility AND the new Baseball Stadium are on the horizon.  Understand that the Cybersecurity facility along Hal Greer is to be underway in 2024.  In another year, year and a half, MU will have a lot of "new toys", etc., to offer perspective students.  And new programs, degrees, etc., continue to emerge in Marshall's medical/health sciences programs also.

Only drawback/concern that I really see is whether Huntington's efforts to upgrade the City's internet access to the needed high speed level that would allow MU to hopefully offer MORE on-line courses, degrees, etc., which are highly sought and desired here in the 21st Century.  The Mayor and others have talked about the internet access/improvements on numerous occasions the last two or three years, but it seems like REAL action is proceeding at a snail's pace.

Meanwhile, I'm sure that the City's needle exchange programs are clicking on ALL cylinders and are proceeding at a rapid, speedy pace, maybe even at "Ludicrous Speed"!!!