A WVU law grad looks back on a life helping clients get justice, helping lawyers get sober, and helping everyone else keep a song in their heart. The “Earl of Elkview,” George Daugherty, perches atop a stool next to the Don Knotts statue on Morgantown’s High Street. He is playing an American flag guitar and looking the statue directly in…
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A pediatrician finds ways to serve three of the things he loves most: children, Morgantown, and West Virginia. ➼ A single day changed the course of Bryce Harvey’s life. Harvey grew up in Morgantown and spent his first two years at WVU studying veterinary medicine. His original plan was to end up at Ohio State, and to that end, he…
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➼ A master’s degree in exercise physiology from WVU and several years’ work in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation led Tim Nurkiewicz to a specialized Ph.D. in microvascular physiology—the study of the very tiniest blood vessels. He researches what happens when we inhale pollution and other nanoparticles. Success with his previous laboratory, one inhalation chamber that handled environmental pollutants, earned a significant upgrade….
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Entrepreneurial sisters scoop gourmet ice cream on the go. ➼ When sisters Ashley Strosnider and Amy Toothman closed their popular Sorella’s Pizzeria in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania, in 2017, they weren’t sure what they’d do next. But it wasn’t long before they thought of something just as delicious. “I have a love for hand-dipped ice cream,” says Strosnider. “I’ll eat soft…
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A food truck newcomer has fun with classic Vietnamese fare. ➼ You might think it’s a bad idea to encourage people to say the Vietnamese soup pho—correctly pronounced “fuh”—in the way most of us English speakers are initially inclined to, more like “foh.” On the other hand, what’s the harm? A local couple played off the West Virginia area code…
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